chapp

Noun

chop (countable and uncountable, plural chops)

1. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
   • I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
2. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
   • It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
3. A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
   • A karate chop.
4. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
5. 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.
6. (informal, with-definite-article) Termination, especially from employment; the sack.

   Synonyms:

   axe, pink slip, sack

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