·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.