Definitions of chop - OneLook
James Stevens
Published Apr 07, 2026
| ▸ noun: A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. ▸ noun: A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil. ▸ noun: (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. ▸ noun: Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long. ▸ noun: (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them. ▸ noun: (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack. ▸ noun: (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition. ▸ noun: (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap. ▸ verb: (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. ▸ verb: (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement. ▸ verb: (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand. ▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce. ▸ verb: (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out. ▸ verb: (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab. ▸ verb: (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string). ▸ verb: (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap. ▸ verb: To chap or crack. ▸ verb: (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly. ▸ verb: (obsolete) To twist words. ▸ verb: To converse, discuss, or speak with another. ▸ noun: A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude. ▸ noun: (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal. ▸ noun: A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice. ▸ noun: The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel. ▸ noun: (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods. ▸ noun: (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted. ▸ noun: A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand. ▸ noun: A license or passport that has been sealed. ▸ noun: A complete shipment. ▸ verb: (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity. ▸ verb: To seal a license or passport. ▸ noun: (Internet) An IRC channel operator. ▸ noun: (uncountable, acronym) a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (also called doxorubicin or adriamycin), Oncovin (vincristine) and Prednisone or Prednisolone ▸ noun: A city in Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine ▸ noun: (military) Acronym of change of operational control. ▸ noun: Acronym of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. ▸ noun: (historical) Acronym of Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.chop up, chopper, hack, chop shot, choppin, carve, slicing, suey, lopping, cutting, more... |
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