Dictionary Entry
chop
chop is a 4-letter English word with 32 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 32 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
- 2transitive verb
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
- 3transitive verb
To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
- 4intransitive verb
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
- 5intransitive verb
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- 6intransitive verb
To interrupt; -- with in or out.
- 7intransitive verb
To barter or truck.
- 8intransitive verb
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
- 9intransitive verb
To purchase by way of truck.
- 10intransitive verb
To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
- 11intransitive verb
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
- 12noun
A change; a vicissitude.
- 13transitive/intransitive verb
To crack. See Chap. t. & i.
- 14noun
The act of chopping; a stroke.
- 15noun
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
- 16noun
A crack or cleft. See Chap.
- 17noun
A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
- 18noun
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
- 19noun
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
- 20noun
Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
- 21noun
A permit or clearance.
- 22noun
a grounder that bounces high in the air
Synonyms
- 23noun
a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
- 24noun
a jaw
"I'll hit him on the chops"
- 25noun
a small cut of meat including part of a rib
- 26noun
the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
"the boat headed into the chop"
- 27verb
hit sharply
- 28verb
cut with a hacking tool
Synonyms
- 29verb
cut into pieces
"Chop wood"
"chop meat"
- 30verb
strike sharply, as in some sports
- 31verb
form or shape by chopping
"chop a hole in the ground"
- 32verb
move suddenly
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