Word Meaning

Meaning of chops

- To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
- To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
- To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
- To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
- To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- To interrupt; -- with in or out.
- To barter or truck.
- To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
- To purchase by way of truck.
- To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
- To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
- A change; a vicissitude.
- To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
- The act of chopping; a stroke.
- A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
- A crack or cleft. See Chap.
- A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
- Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
- A permit or clearance.
- The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.
- The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

Crossword clue for chops

- Axe
- Cleave
- Cut into pieces
- Cut of meat
- Cut short
- Cut with an axe
- Hack
- Pork cut
- Prepare (firewood)
- Start to cut heavy oregon planks
- Tennis stroke
- Use an axe
- Butcher’s cuts
- Cuts into pieces
- Cuts of meat
- Cuts with an axe
- Meataxes
- Pork cuts