chop
/tʃɑp/
noun
- A thick slice of meat, usually including a bone, especially from lamb, pork, or veal.
- We grilled lamb chops for dinner.
- The restaurant serves a delicious veal chop.
- He ordered a pork chop with mashed potatoes.
- A quick, sharp cutting movement or blow.
- He split the log with one clean chop of the axe.
- She made a quick chop with the knife to open the coconut.
- The karate master delivered a powerful chop to the board.
- A person's official stamp or seal, especially in East Asian contexts, or a brand of goods.
- He used his personal chop to sign the contract.
- The document needs the company's chop to be valid.
- This tea is a first chop from the best plantation.
verb
- To cut something into pieces with a sharp tool, such as a knife or an axe.
- She chopped the vegetables for the soup.
- The chef chopped the onions quickly and neatly.
- He chopped the wood into small logs for the fire.
- To cut something off by striking with a sharp tool.
- The butcher chopped the chicken into parts.
- He chopped the rope with a single blow of the axe.
- They chopped the dead branch off the tree.
- To reduce something greatly, especially in size, amount, or length.
- The editor chopped the article to fit the page.
- The company chopped its budget by 20 percent.
- She chopped her long hair into a short bob.