chop

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1. 1.To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak.
2. 2.To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.] Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.
3. 3.To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer.
6. 6.To barter or truck.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.To purchase by way of truck.
9. 9.(Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
10. 10.To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon.
11. 11.A change; a vicissitude. Marryat.
12. 12.To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
13. 13.The act of chopping; a stroke.
14. 14.A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
15. 15.A crack or cleft. See Chap.
16. 16.A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
17. 17.A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
18. 18.The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
19. 19.Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
20. 20.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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak called?
• What is to seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.] Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange called?
• What is to make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about called?
• What is to wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon called?
• What is a piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop called?
• What is a jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops called?
• What is a movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise called?
• What is the land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops called?
• What is quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop called?