chop /tʃɒp/ aep /tʃɑːp/ verb [T] (-pp-) ↑Verb Endings for chop
B2 to cut something into pieces with an axe, knife, or other sharp instrument:
» He was chopping wood in the yard.» Add some fresh parsley, finely chopped.» Chop (up) the onions and carrots roughly.» INFORMAL Laura had her hair chopped (= cut) yesterday.Thesaurus+: ↑Cutting and stabbingF0 If something is chopped in business, it is stopped or reduced:
» Because of lack of funding many long-term research projects are being chopped.Thesaurus+: ↑Causing something to end , ↑Coming to an end• • •
Extra Examples:» Peel the cucumber and chop it into small cubes.» Peel, core and chop the apples.» Roughly chop the tomatoes and add to the onions. chop /tʃɒp/ aep /tʃɑːp/ noun [C] (CUT)
F0 an act of cutting something with an axe, knife, or other sharp instrument
Thesaurus+: ↑Cutting and stabbingthe chopF0 MAINLY UK (US USUALLY the axe) the situation in which your job is taken away from you, either because you have done something wrong or as a way of saving money:
» If you're late for work again, you'll be for the chop.» Anyone stepping out of line is liable to get the chop.» Hundreds of workers at the factory have already been given the chop.Thesaurus+: ↑Firing staff and being firedF0 the ending of a factory, school, etc. or plan:
» When the reorganization occurs, the smaller departments will be the first for the chop.» Many of these special schools are facing the chop.Thesaurus+: ↑Ends and endings chop /tʃɒp/ aep /tʃɑːp/ noun [C] (MEAT)
► F0 a small piece of meat with a bone still in it: » a lamb/pork chopThesaurus+: ↑Cuts of meat chop /tʃɒp/ aep /tʃɑːp/ noun [C] (MOUTH)
chopsF0 [plural] INFORMAL the area of the face surrounding the mouth of a person or an animal:
» a dog licking its chops» I'll give him a smack in the chops if he doesn't shut up.Thesaurus+: ↑The head and faceF0 US SLANG the way you hold your mouth when playing a wind instrument such as a saxophone, or more generally, your ability to play a musical instrument:
» She's got great chops for a 14-year-old.Thesaurus+: ↑Playing music , ↑Singing in general- drop-dead
- drop-down menu
- drop everything
- drop/fall/sink like a stone
- drop it/the subject
- drop kick
- drop-leaf table
- droplet
- drop like flies
- drop/lower your guard
- drop off
- drop out
- dropout
- dropper
- droppings
- drops
- drop (sb) a hint
- drop sb a hint
- drop sb a line
- drop sb/sth like a hot potato
- drop sb/sth off
- drop the ball
- drop your aitches
- drop your aitches/h's
- dross