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woodchop

woodchop verb: to chop wood, especially as a sport.

Verb

woodchop (third-person singular simple present woodchops, present participle woodchopping, simple past and past participle woodchopped)

  1. To chop wood, especially as a sport.

Noun

woodchop (plural woodchops)

  1. A woodchopping competition or set.
  2. A strength training movement wherein a kettlebell, band or cable is tugged by medial movement of the arms in front of the body from above one side of the transverse plane to below its other side, targetting the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles while standing.

Forms of woodchop

Verb
third-person singular presentwoodchops
present participlewoodchopping
past participlewoodchopped
pastwoodchopped
alternative formwood chop
Noun
pluralwoodchops

Origin of woodchop

From wood + chop.

Words formed from woodchop

Questions about woodchop

What does woodchop mean?
Woodchop means to chop wood, especially as a sport.
What part of speech is woodchop?
Woodchop can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of woodchop?
The past tense of woodchop is woodchopped.

Words near woodchop in the dictionary

  1. woodchipper
  2. woodchippers
  3. woodchipping
  4. woodchippings
  5. woodchips
  6. woodchop
  7. woodchopped
  8. woodchopper
  9. woodchoppers
  10. woodchopping
  11. woodchops

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