chop-chop

chop-chop

C0323900 (chŏp′chŏp′) adv. Informal Right away; quickly.

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[Reduplication of Chinese Pidgin English chop, quick, of Chinese dialectal origin; akin to Cantonese gap1 and Mandarin jí, hurried, both from Middle Chinese kip, hurried, urgent, from Old Chinese kəp.]

chop-chop

(ˈtʃɒpˈtʃɒp)

adv. with haste; quickly. [1825–35; repetitive compound based on Chinese Pidgin English chop quick]

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

chop-chop - with rapid movements; "he works quickly"apace, quickly, rapidly, speedily