chop

1. 1.

   the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)

   “the boat headed into the chop”

   Broaderphysical phenomenon
2. 2.

   a small cut of meat including part of a rib

   Broadercut

   Narrowermutton choplamb chopporkchop
3. 3.

   a jaw

   “I'll hit him on the chops”

   Broaderjaw
4. 4.

   a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

   Synonymschop shot

   Broaderreturn
5. 5.

   a grounder that bounces high in the air

   Synonymschopper

   Broadergrounder

Other forms of chop

plural

chops·

past tense or participle

chopped

present participle

chopping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chop

What does chop mean?

chop means "cut into pieces". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chop?

chop has 1 syllable: chop. In IPA it is /ˈtʃɑp/.

What is another word for chop?

Close synonyms include chop up, hack, chop shot, chopper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chop a common word?

chop is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chop?

1 word rhymes with chop. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.