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chopfallen

chopfallen adjective: synonym of chapfallen.

Adjective

chopfallen (comparative more chopfallen, superlative most chopfallen)

  1. Synonym of chapfallen.
    • One chop-fallen runner trod upon the heels of another, each with a repetition of his diversified nothings […].1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 113
    • Something, however, I fear me, must have gone wrong, for he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chopfallen— […]1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle...
    Synonyms:
    chapfallen

Synonyms of chopfallen

Forms of chopfallen

comparativemore chopfallen
superlativemost chopfallen
alternative formchop-fallen

Questions about chopfallen

What does chopfallen mean?
Chopfallen means synonym of chapfallen.
What part of speech is chopfallen?
Chopfallen is an adjective.

Words near chopfallen in the dictionary

  1. chope
  2. choped
  3. chopes
  4. chopette
  5. chopettes
  6. chopfallen
  7. chophouse
  8. chophouses
  9. Chopi
  10. chopin
  11. chopine

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