chop1
• verb (chopped, chopping) 1 cut with repeated sharp, heavy blows of an axe or knife. 2 strike with a short, heavy blow. 3 ruthlessly abolish or reduce in size. • noun 1 a downward cutting blow or movement. 2 (the chop) Brit. informal dismissal, cancellation, or killing. 3 a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and usually including a rib. — PHRASES chop logic argue in a tiresomely pedantic way. from a dialect use of chop meaning bandy words . — ORIGIN variant of CHAP1.
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