chops
Meaning of chops
plural noun
- 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
late Middle English: variant of chap3.
verb, 3rd person present- cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.
they chopped up the pulpit for firewood
finely chop the parsley
- abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless.
their training courses are to be chopped
- 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
- 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
late Middle English: variant of chap1.
plural noun
a trademark; a brand of goods.
early 19th century: from Hindi chāp ‘stamp, brand’ (see chaap).
Information about chops
- The singular form of chops is: chop.
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Hyphenation of chops
chops
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- chops is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
chops synonyms
Meaning raise (a number or value) to its cube:
Meaning play or gamble with dice:
Meaning cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades:
Meaning make (meat or other food) into a hash:
Meaning chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool:
Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:
Meaning split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:
Meaning divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement:
Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):
Meaning discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:
Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
Meaning the fact of observing or paying attention to something:
Words that rhyme with chops
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