chops
noun
[ tʃɒps ]
• a person's or animal's mouth or jaws.
• "a smack in the chops"
• the technical skill of a jazz or rock musician.
• "when I'm on tour my chops go down"
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of chap3.
chop
verb
• cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.
• "they chopped up the pulpit for firewood"
Similar:
cut up,
cut into pieces,
chop up,
cube,
dice,
mince,
hash,
hew,
split,
cleave,
• abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless.
• "their training courses are to be chopped"
chop
noun
• a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand.
• "an effective chop to the back of the neck"
• dismissal from employment.
• "hundreds more workers have been given the chop"
Similar:
notice,
one's marching orders,
the sack,
the boot,
the (old) heave-ho,
the push,
the bullet,
one's cards,
the elbow,
• a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib.
• "he lived on liver or chops"
• a person's share of something.
• crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
• "the pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder"
• the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide.
• "we started our run into a two-foot chop"
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of chap1.
chop
noun
• a trademark; a brand of goods.
Origin:
early 19th century: from Hindi chāp ‘stamp, brand’ (see chaap).
