Chop

·vi To barter or truck.

II. Chop ·noun A permit or clearance.

III. Chop ·noun A change; a vicissitude.

IV. Chop ·noun The act of chopping; a stroke.

V. Chop ·vi To purchase by way of truck.

VI. Chop ·vt To seize or devour greedily;

— with up.

VII. Chop ·noun Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

VIII. Chop ·noun A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

IX. Chop ·noun A crack or cleft. ·see Chap.

X. Chop ·vt & ·vi To crack. ·see Chap, ·vt & i.

XI. Chop ·vi To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

XII. Chop ·vi To Interrupt;

— with in or out.

XIII. Chop ·vi To Exchange; substitute one thing for another.

XIV. Chop ·noun A jaw of an animal;

— commonly in the ·pl ·see Chops.

XV. Chop ·vi To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

XVI. Chop ·noun A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

XVII. Chop ·vi To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

XVIII. Chop ·vi To Wrangle; to Altercate; to bandy words.

XIX. Chop ·vt To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to Divide;

— usually with off or down.

XX. Chop ·vt To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to Mince;

— often with up.

XXI. Chop ·noun The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. ·see Chops.