B2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

chop

chop · chops

кочерга, коцюба, покер

отбивная

Schlag, Rippchen, Hieb, Kotelett

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a ribA cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

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UK/t͡ʃɒp/US/t͡ʃɑp/

» Tom had his head chopped off.

Тому отрубили голову.

Тому відрубали голову.

Meaning

21 senses

(countable, uncountable)A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
Kotelett, Rippchen
отбивнаяotbivnaja
a small cut of meat including part of a rib
(countable, uncountable)A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
Hieb
(countable, uncountable)A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
A karate chop.
Schlag
(countable, uncountable)Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
(countable, uncountable)A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.
(countable, informal, uncountable, with definite article)Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
(Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)A woodchopping competition.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A crack or cleft; a chap.
(uncountable)Aircraft turbulence.
(UK, countable, slang, uncountable)Cocaine.
(Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Examples

291 sentences

Tom had his head chopped off.
Тому відрубали голову.
ruТому отрубили голову.
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Mary cut herself while she was chopping up onions.
Мері порізалася, коли різала цибулю.
ruМэри порезалась, когда нарезала лук.
deMaria hat sich geschnitten, während sie Zwiebeln kleinhackte.
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Tom is chopping cabbage.
Том нарізає капусту.
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Tom cut himself chopping onions.
Том порізався, нарізаючи цибулю.
ruТом порезался, когда резал лук.
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Tom chopped wood for the fire.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

cut of meat:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

cut of meat:

blow with an axe or similar utensil:

martial arts: type of blow:

Origin

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoe

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic (cf. Swedish tjoff), or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”).

Uncertain, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).

From Middle English choppe (“jaw, jawbone”), related to Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”). Perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.

Borrowed from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”). Closely related to the similarly descended Malay word cap, which likely reinforced the English usage within the Malay world.

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