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   Chop , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack.]
   To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
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   To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
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   Chop off your hand, and it to the king.
   Shak.
   
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   To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.]
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   Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up.
   L'estrange.
   
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   Chop , v. i.
   To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
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   To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
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   Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   To interrupt; -- with in or out.
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   This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
   Latimer.
   
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   Chop, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.]
   To barter or truck.
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   To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
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   We go on chopping and changing our friends.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.
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   Chop, v. i.
   To purchase by way of truck.
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   (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
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   To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
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   Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
   Bacon.
   
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   Chop, n. A change; a vicissitude.
   Marryat.
   
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   Chop, v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
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   Chop, n.
   The act of chopping; a stroke.
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   A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
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   A crack or cleft. See Chap.
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   Chop, n. [See Chap.]
    A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
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   A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
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   The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
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   Chop, n. [Chin. & Hind. chāp stamp, brand.]
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   Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
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   A permit or clearance.
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   Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. -- chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. -- Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow. -- Grand chop, a ship's port clearance.
   S. W. Williams.
   
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