CPage 269
- English Word Chop Definition To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
- English Word Chop Definition To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
- English Word Chop Definition To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- English Word Chop Definition To interrupt; -- with in or out.
- English Word Chop Definition To barter or truck.
- English Word Chop Definition To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
- English Word Chop Definition To purchase by way of truck.
- English Word Chop Definition To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
- English Word Chop Definition To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
- English Word Chop Definition A change; a vicissitude.
- English Word Chop Definition To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
- English Word Chop Definition The act of chopping; a stroke.
- English Word Chop Definition A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
- English Word Chop Definition A crack or cleft. See Chap.
- English Word Chop Definition A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
- English Word Chop Definition A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
- English Word Chop Definition The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
- English Word Chop Definition Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
- English Word Chop Definition A permit or clearance.
- English Word Chop-logic Definition One who bandies words or is very argumentative.