to chop

Examples

• All

• I'm going to show you how to chop perfectly and fast.

• The Once-ler proceeds to chop down all of the Truffula Trees for Thneeds.

  Academic text (2000)

• We need to chop it up and burn it.

  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

• You may have to chop wood for the rest of the year.

  Anglerfish (2022)

• So you could chop onions in a kitchen?

  This Could Be the Night (1957)

• So we're going to chop up, roughly chop the beautiful rocket.

• I was just going to chop some firewood.

  Criminally Insane (1975)

• Metal tools have been used for chopping down trees on Vanatinai for over 100 years.

  Academic text (1991)

• To prepare the salad, she decided to chop the vegetables into small pieces.

• He had to chop the firewood before winter arrived.

Synonyms

C

to chop up

vsto chop

56 1.9

To cut something into smaller pieces by sharp blows again and again with a knife or axe

uses a single sharp blow rather than repeated cutting

H

to hack

vsto chop

55 4.7

To cut something roughly with heavy blows

is a sharper, cleaner strike rather than rough repeated cutting

S

to slash

vsto chop

53 3.0

To cut forcefully with a knife or sharp tool

is a short, strong strike rather than a long sweeping cut

C

to carve

vsto chop

53 1.5

Cut meat into slices for serving

is a forceful strike focused on splitting rather than careful slicing

S

to slice through

vsto chop

10 4.1

Cut or move quickly and smoothly through air and water

is a brief sharp strike rather than a smooth gliding cut

C

to cleave

vsto chop

8 8.0

To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe

is a quick striking action rather than a careful split

A

to ax

vsto chop

• US

1.3

To chop or split wood with a heavy bladed tool

uses a sharp blow often without requiring a heavy tool

Antonyms

A

to assemble

169 2.9

To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy

J

join

11 2.9

The place where two things meet and are fixed together

Idioms

C

chop-chop

• Archaic

16 8.1

To tell someone to hurry in a quick way

Phrasal Verbs

C

to chop up

56 1.9

To cut something into smaller pieces by sharp blows again and again with a knife or axe

C

to chop off

45 3.4

To remove something by cutting, often with a sharp blow

C

to chop the wood

12 1.8

To cut wood into pieces for firewood

C

to chop down

12 2.1

To cut through the trunk of a tree so it falls

G

to get the chop

• UK

1 8.6

Lose your job, often suddenly

Compounds

L

lamb chop

19 2.1

A small cut of lamb meat with a bone, usually cooked and eaten

C

chop shop

• NSFW

12 9.3

A garage where thieves take stolen cars to remove parts

C

chop suey

3 3.4

A Chinese-style dish of meat or fish and vegetables stir-fried and served with rice

C

chop-shop

• NSFW

1 9.3

An illegal garage that takes stolen cars apart to sell the parts

M

mutton chop

1 5.1

A cut of meat from an adult sheep, cooked like a steak

C

chop shot

• Jargon

6.9

A tennis stroke where you hit the ball downwards so it spins backwards

C

chop steak

• US

3.5

A flat piece of cooked ground beef served without a bun, often with gravy

C

chop-suey greens

• Philippine

6.3

A leafy green vegetable used in Asian cooking like bok choy

M

mutton chop

8.2

Facial hair where long sideburns run down the face in front of the ears

How Forceful

to cleave

8 8.0

to hack

55 4.7

to chop

193 1.0

cut

1.0

to slice

203 1.0

to nick

33 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology