noun. The official stamp or seal of a government, company, or individual, especially in China.

noun. Quality; class.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax.

intransitive verb. To shape or form by chopping.

intransitive verb. To cut into small pieces.

intransitive verb. To reduce abruptly or by a large amount.

intransitive verb. To hit or swing at (a pitched ball) with a short downward stroke.

intransitive verb. To make heavy, cutting strokes.

intransitive verb. To move roughly or suddenly.

noun. The act of chopping.

noun. undefined

noun. A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.

noun. A short downward stroke.

noun. A piece that has been chopped off, especially a cut of meat, usually taken from the rib, shoulder, or loin and containing a bone.

noun. undefined

noun. A short irregular motion of waves.

noun. An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

intransitive verb. To change direction suddenly, as a ship in the wind.

To cut with a quick blow of a sharp instrument, as an ax; sever with a sudden stroke, or a succession of such strokes; cut in pieces by repeated strokes; fell; hew; hack; mince: as, to chop off a limb; to chop down a tree; to chop wood or straw; to chop meat.

To snap up; gobble.

To flog.

To put in.

To cause to cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the skin and flesh of the hand or face: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap, verb, I., 1.

To use a cutting instrument, as a cleaver or an ax, with a heavy stroke: as, to spend the day in chopping.—

To strike (at); catch (at); do something with a sudden, unexpected motion, like that of a blow.

To cut in; come in suddenly in interruption.

To utter words suddenly; interrupt by remarking: with in or out: as, he chopped in with a question. See phrases below.—

To crack; open in long slits: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap, verb, II., 1.

noun. A cutting or severing blow; a stroke, especially with some sharp instrument.

noun. A slice of mutton, lamb, or pork, usually cut from the loin, and containing the rib.

noun. Figuratively, an extortion; a forced payment.

noun. In milling, the product of the first crushing or breaking of the wheat in making flour by the modern processes.— 5. A crack, cleft, or chink: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap, n., 1.

noun. A jaw: usually in the plural, the jaws; the entrance to a harbor. See chap.

noun. In India, China, etc.: An official mark on weights and measures to show their accuracy. A custom-house stamp or seal on goods that have been passed; a permit or clearance.

noun. In China, brand; quality: as, silk or tea of the first chop. Hence the colloquial phrase first chop, first rate.—

noun. A lot of tea to which a common mark or brand is affixed; a brand of tea. A chop may contain a few chests or a large number.

In tennis, base-ball, and other games, to strike (the ball) with a short, sharp, glancing stroke.

In cricket, to strike down hard, with a horizontal bat, a low ball on the off-side.

To cut into short pieces, as straw or silage material; to chaff: sometimes with up.

To dig, or dig out, by a downward stroke of the hoe, as opposed to a horizontal movement: often with out.

noun. Material which has been chopped or chaffed. See corn chop.

noun. In cricket, a stroke in which the bat, held horizontally, is brought, down hard upon a low ball on the off-side.

noun. An authenticated or authenticating writing or inscription.

To barter; truck.—

To exchange; substitute, as one thing for another; swap.

To bargain; chaffer; higgle.

To bandy words; dispute.

To turn, vary, change, or shift suddenly: as, the wind chopped or chopped about.

noun. A turn of fortune; change; vicissitude. Also chap.

"Then the giddy feeling grew more oppressive, the trees began to slowly sail round him, and there appeared to be several squirrels and several branches all whisking their bushy tails and uttering that peculiar sound of theirs -- _chop, chop, chop_, -- as if they had learned it from the noise made by the woodman in felling trees."

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