Chop \Chop\, v. i.

1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. --L'Estrange.

3. To interrupt; -- with in or out.

This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. --Latimer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chop \Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.]

[Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack.]

1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

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Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.]

1. To barter or truck.

2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

We go on chopping and changing our friends. --L'Estrange.

To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.

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Chop \Chop\, v. i.

1. To purchase by way of truck.

2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. --Bacon.

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Chop \Chop\, n. A change; a vicissitude. --Marryat.

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Chop \Chop\, v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

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Chop \Chop\, n.

1. The act of chopping; a stroke.

2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

3. A crack or cleft. See Chap.

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Chop \Chop\, n. [See Chap.]

1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.

2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

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Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.]

1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

2. A permit or clearance.

Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.

chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.

Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.

Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)