Definition of "chop"

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

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

(martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.  examples

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

(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.  examples

(informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.  examples

(Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.  quotations  examples

(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.  examples

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.  examples

(transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.  examples

(transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.  examples

(transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.  examples

(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.  examples

(intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.  examples

(intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.  quotations  examples

(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.  quotations  examples

(transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.  quotations  examples

(computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).  examples

(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.  quotations

To chap or crack.  examples

(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.  examples

(obsolete) To twist words.  quotations

To converse, discuss, or speak with another.  examples

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.  examples

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

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.  examples

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

(colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.  examples

(colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.  examples

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.  examples

A license or passport that has been sealed.  examples

A complete shipment.  examples

(transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.  examples

To seal a license or passport.  examples

(Internet) An IRC channel operator.  quotations  examples