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chop verb1. Infl. -pp-. Pa. t. & pple -pped, (arch.) -pt. LME.
[Var. of CHAP verb2.]
verb trans. Cut by one or more quick heavy blows, usu. with an axe or the like. Freq. with adverb or adverbial phr. LME.
chopping-block a block for chopping wood etc. on; fig. something sustaining continual blows. chopping-board: for preparing vegetables etc. on.
Bible (AV): Micah 3:3 They breake their bones, and chop them in pieces. E. Crispin I'll chop off your feet with these shears.
b. Strike (a ball, a person, etc.) with a short heavy (esp. edgewise) blow. L19.
J. Clavell Mura had chopped his [another's] elbow with the side of his hand.
verb trans. Cut (up) into pieces, mince. LME.
E. M. Forster Euphemia..will not..chop the suet sufficiently small.
verb intrans. Strike a short heavy (esp. edgewise) blow at (occas. on), orig. in order to cut; cut through with such a blow. LME.
J. T. Story Felix..started chopping at the chain with an axe.
b. In cricket, tennis, etc.: hit the ball with a short heavy (esp. edgewise) stroke. L19.
verb trans. & intrans. Thrust, go, or come, (in, into) with sudden impetus or violence; drop, fall, etc., suddenly. Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
Shakespeare Richard III Chop him in the malmsey-butt in the next room. Sir W. Scott Lest some passing stranger should chop in between me and the prize.
verb trans. & intrans. Strike, knock. Chiefly Scot. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
verb intrans. Break open in clefts or fissures; crack; chap. L16-M18.
verb intrans. Of the sea, waves, etc.: have a short jerky motion; break in short abrupt waves. Chiefly as chopping ppl adjective. M17.
R. H. Dana A stiff breeze..directly against the course of the current, made an ugly, chopping sea.