chop : Idioms & Phrases


Chop dollar

  • a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
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chop down

  • verb cut down
    • George chopped down the cherry tree
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chop of tea

  • a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.
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chop off

  • verb remove by or as if by cutting
    cut off; lop off.
    • cut off the ear
    • lop off the dead branch
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chop shop

  • noun a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts
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chop shot

  • noun a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
    chop.
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chop steak

  • noun a patty of ground cooked beef
    chopsteak; hamburger steak; beef patty; chop steak.
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chop suey

  • noun meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce; served with rice; created in the United States and frequently served in Chinese restaurants there
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chop up

  • verb cut into pieces
    chop.
    • Chop wood
    • chop meat
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chop-chop

  • adverb with rapid movements
    speedily; rapidly; apace; quickly.
    • he works quickly
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chop-logic

Chop"-log`ic noun
Definitions
  1. One who bandies words or is very argunentative. Jocular Shak.
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chop-suey greens

  • noun grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking
    tong ho; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku.
  • noun succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking
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chopped steak

  • noun a patty of ground cooked beef
    chopsteak; hamburger steak; beef patty; chop steak.
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chopping block

  • noun a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split
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chopping board

  • noun a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut
    cutting board.
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Chowchow chop

  • the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship.
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Grand chop

  • a ship's port clearance.
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lamb chop

  • noun chop cut from a lamb
    lambchop; lamb chop.
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lamb-chop

  • noun chop cut from a lamb
    lambchop; lamb chop.
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Mutton chop

  • noun chop cut from a mature sheep
  • noun facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
    burnside; side-whiskers; sideburn.
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  • a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
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To chop logic

  • to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.
Webster 1913