chop

chop1 [ tʃap ] verb **

1. ) chop or chop up transitive to cut something such as food or wood into pieces:

Finely chop the cabbage and cook it in boiling salted water.

Next, add the chopped onions.

Don't chop any more wood; we have enough.

chop something into something: Chop the meat into small cubes.

a ) to cut something roughly using a tool:

chop through: Use a spade to chop through the smaller roots.

They had to chop their way through the undergrowth.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to hit someone or something hard with the side of your hand

3. ) transitive INFORMAL to reduce an amount:

Our grant from the government has been chopped by 20 percent this year.

chop and change BRITISH INFORMAL

to keep changing from one thing to another

,chop `down phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to make a tree or tall plant fall down by cutting through it

2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to make an opponent fall over when you are playing a game, such as soccer

,chop `off phrasal verb transitive

to remove something by cutting, especially a part of someone's body

,chop `up phrasal verb transitive

same as CHOP1 1:

Sarah was busy chopping up onions.

chop

chop 2 [ tʃap ] noun count

1. ) a small piece of meat with a bone in it, usually from a sheep or a pig:

lamb/pork chops: We had pork chops for dinner last night.

2. ) an act of hitting someone or something hard with the side of your hand:

a karate chop: She gave him a karate chop to the neck.

a ) an act of hitting something with a tool

be for the chop BRITISH INFORMAL

1. ) to be likely to be forced to leave your job

2. ) to be likely to be stopped or ended, usually because of a lack of success

get/be given the chop BRITISH INFORMAL

1. ) to be forced to leave your job:

More than 200 workers are expected to get the chop due to falling sales.

2. ) to be stopped or ended, usually because of a lack of success

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