The butcher chopped up the beef loin into small fillets.
•I chopped up the onion into little pieces.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
chop — chop1 [ tʃap ] verb ** 1. ) chop or chop up transitive to cut something such as food or wood into pieces: Finely chop the cabbage and cook it in boiling salted water. Next, add the chopped onions. Don t chop any more wood; we have enough. chop… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chop — I UK [tʃɒp] / US [tʃɑp] verb Word forms chop : present tense I/you/we/they chop he/she/it chops present participle chopping past tense chopped past participle chopped ** 1) a) chop or chop up [transitive] to cut something such as food or wood… … English dictionary
chop — [tʃɒp] verb [T] I to cut something such as food or wood into pieces Chop the meat into small cubes.[/ex] • chop and change British informal to keep changing from one thing to another[/ex] chop sth down chop sth off chop sth up II noun [C] chop… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
chop·per — /ˈʧɑːpɚ/ noun, pl pers 1 [count] : someone or something that chops something a food/wood chopper 2 [count] informal : ↑helicopter The sound of choppers filled the sky … Useful english dictionary
chop off — verb remove by or as if by cutting cut off the ear lop off the dead branch • Syn: ↑cut off, ↑lop off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑come away … Useful english dictionary
chop — [[t]tʃɒ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ chops, chopping, chopped 1) VERB If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe. [V n into n] Chop the butter into small pieces... [V n] Chop the onions very finely... [V n … English dictionary
Chop chop! — British & Australian, informal something that you say in order to tell someone to hurry. Come on, chop chop, up to bed! … New idioms dictionary
chop chop — I Australian Slang (interjection) hurry up (Pidgin English chop = quickly ) II Singlish (Singapore English) Origin: English Used to tell someone to do something fast … English dialects glossary
chop off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chop off : present tense I/you/we/they chop off he/she/it chops off present participle chopping off past tense chopped off past participle chopped off to remove something by cutting, especially a part of… … English dictionary
chop off — PHRASAL VERB To chop off something such as a part of someone s body means to cut it off. [V P n (not pron)] She chopped off her golden, waist length hair... [V n P] They dragged him to the village square and chopped his head off. Syn: cut off … English dictionary
for the chop — (informal) About to be dismissed or killed • • • Main Entry: ↑chop * * * for the chop Brit informal used to say that someone is going to lose a job or that something is being stopped or canceled More than 100 jobs are for the chop. [=are… … Useful english dictionary
