To cut with a quick blow of a sharp instrument, as an ax; sever with a sudden stroke, or a succession of such strokes; cut in pieces by repeated strokes; fell; hew; hack; mince: as, to chop off a limb; to chop down a tree; to chop wood or straw; to chop meat.To snap up; gobble.To flog.To put in.To cause to cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the skin and flesh of the hand or face: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap, verb, I., 1.To use a cutting instrument, as a cleaver or an ax, with a heavy stroke: as, to spend the day in chopping.—To strike (at); catch (at); do something with a sudden, unexpected motion, like that of a blow.To cut in; come in suddenly in interruption.To utter words suddenly; interrupt by remarking: with in or out: as, he chopped in with a question. See phrases below.—To crack; open in long slits: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap, verb, II., 1.n. A cutting or severing blow; a stroke, especially with some sharp instrument.n. A slice of mutton, lamb, or pork, usually cut from the loin, and containing the rib.n. Figuratively, an extortion; a forced payment.n. In milling, the product of the first crushing or breaking of the wheat in making flour by the modern processes.— 5. A crack, cleft, or chink: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap, n., 1.To barter; truck.—To exchange; substitute, as one thing for another; swap.To bargain; chaffer; higgle.To bandy words; dispute.To turn, vary, change, or shift suddenly: as, the wind chopped or chopped about.n. A turn of fortune; change; vicissitude. Also chap.n. A jaw: usually in the plural, the jaws; the entrance to a harbor. See chap.n. In India, China, etc.: An official mark on weights and measures to show their accuracy. A custom-house stamp or seal on goods that have been passed; a permit or clearance.n. In China, brand; quality: as, silk or tea of the first chop. Hence the colloquial phrase first chop, first rate.—n. A lot of tea to which a common mark or brand is affixed; a brand of tea. A chop may contain a few chests or a large number.In tennis, base-ball, and other games, to strike (the ball) with a short, sharp, glancing stroke.In cricket, to strike down hard, with a horizontal bat, a low ball on the off-side.To cut into short pieces, as straw or silage material; to chaff: sometimes with up.To dig, or dig out, by a downward stroke of the hoe, as opposed to a horizontal movement: often with out.n. Material which has been chopped or chaffed. See corn chop.n. In cricket, a stroke in which the bat, held horizontally, is brought, down hard upon a low ball on the off-side.n. An authenticated or authenticating writing or inscription.