chop
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
Example
“I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.”
Other meanings
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
“It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.”
A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
“A karate chop.”
A kind of
- cut
Kinds of chop
- mutton chop
- lamb chop
- pork chop
Related words
- Baltimore chop
- chopette
- chophouse
- choplet
- choplike
- choplogic
- choppin'
- lambchop
- muttonchop
- photochop
- prechop
- bust chops
Word history
From Middle English "choppen".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chop” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.