meaning of chop

1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
2.
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
3.
To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
4.
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
5.
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
6.
To interrupt; -- with in or out.
7.
To barter or truck.
8.
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
9.
To purchase by way of truck.
10.
To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
11.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
12.
A change; a vicissitude.
13.
To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
14.
The act of chopping; a stroke.
15.
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
16.
A crack or cleft. See Chap.
17.
A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
18.
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
19.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
20.
Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
21.
A permit or clearance.
22.
CHOP channel op Chop A code generator by Alan L. Wendt ColoState. EDU> for the lcc C compiler front end. Version 0. 6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hansons lcc front end. The result is a C compiler with good code selection but no global optimisation. Chop can currently compile and run small test programs on the VAX. The NS32k and 68000 code generators are being upgraded for lcc compatibility. ftp://beethoven. cs. colostate. edu/pub/chop/0. 6. tar. Z. ["Fast Code Generation Using Automatically-Generated Decision Trees", ACM SIGPLAN 90 PLDI].
23.
a grounder that bounces high in the air


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