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A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

Example: I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.

A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.

Example: It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.

A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.

Example: A karate chop.

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

Example: chop wood; chop an onion

To sever with an axe or similar implement.

Example: Chop off his head.

To give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.

To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

To exchange, to barter; to swap.

To chap or crack.

To vary or shift suddenly.

Example: The wind chops about.

To twist words.

(chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

Example: East Chop; West Chop

An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

Example: silk of the first chop

A license or passport that has been sealed.

A complete shipment.

Example: a chop of tea

An IRC channel operator.