chop
♦ chop /tʃ'ɒp/ (chops chopping chopped)
1 [VERB] V n into n, V n, V-ed
If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
Chop the butter into small pieces...
Visitors were set to work chopping wood.
...chopped tomatoes.
2 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A chop is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig.
...grilled lamb chops.
3 [PHRASE] Vs inflect
When people chop and change, they keep changing their minds about what to do or how to act. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Don't ask me why they have chopped and changed so much.
4 [PHRASE]
If something is for the chop or is going to get the chop, it is going to be stopped or closed. If someone is for the chop, they are going to lose their job or position. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He won't say which programmes are for the chop...chop down
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.
= cut downchop off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
To chop off something such as a part of someone's body means to cut it off.
She chopped off her golden, waist-length hair...
They dragged him to the village square and chopped his head off.
= cut offchop suey /tʃ'ɒp s'uːi/
[N-UNCOUNT]
Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.chop up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V-ed P
If you chop something up, you chop it into small pieces.
Chop up three firm tomatoes.
...chopped up banana.
= cut up
1 [VERB] V n into n, V n, V-ed
If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
Chop the butter into small pieces...
Visitors were set to work chopping wood.
...chopped tomatoes.
2 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A chop is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig.
...grilled lamb chops.
3 [PHRASE] Vs inflect
When people chop and change, they keep changing their minds about what to do or how to act. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Don't ask me why they have chopped and changed so much.
4 [PHRASE]
If something is for the chop or is going to get the chop, it is going to be stopped or closed. If someone is for the chop, they are going to lose their job or position. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He won't say which programmes are for the chop...chop down
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.
= cut downchop off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
To chop off something such as a part of someone's body means to cut it off.
She chopped off her golden, waist-length hair...
They dragged him to the village square and chopped his head off.
= cut offchop suey /tʃ'ɒp s'uːi/
[N-UNCOUNT]
Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.chop up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V-ed P
If you chop something up, you chop it into small pieces.
Chop up three firm tomatoes.
...chopped up banana.
= cut up