chop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chop	by the DICT Development Group
13 results for chop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chop n the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide); "the boat headed into the chop" a small cut of meat including part of a rib a jaw; "I'll hit him on the chops" a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball Synonym(s): chop, chop shot a grounder that bounces high in the air Synonym(s): chop, chopper v cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" [syn: chop, chop up] move suddenly form or shape by chopping; "chop a hole in the ground" strike sharply, as in some sports cut with a hacking tool Synonym(s): chop, hack hit sharply
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, v. t. & i. To crack. See {Chap}, v. t. & i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, n. A change; a vicissitude. --Marryat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, n. 1. The act of chopping; a stroke. 2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop. 3. A crack or cleft. See {Chap}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, n. [See {Chap}.] 1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See {Chops}. 2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise. 3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See {Chops}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[be]p stamp, brand.] 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. 2. A permit or clearance. {Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. {chop of tea}, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. {Chowchow chop}. See under {Chowchow}. {Grand chop}, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, v. i. 1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument. 2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. --L'Estrange. 3. To interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See {Cheapen}, v. t., and cf. {Chap}, v. i., to buy.] 1. To barter or truck. 2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. We go on chopping and changing our friends. --L'Estrange. {To chop logic}, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, v. i. 1. To purchase by way of truck. 2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about. 3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chop \Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chopping}.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. {Chap} to crack.] 1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
CHOP /chop/ n. [IRC] See {channel op}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CHOP {channel op}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Chop A {code generator} by Alan L. Wendt for the {lcc} {C} compiler {front end}. Version 0.6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hanson's {lcc} {front end}. The result is a {C} compiler with good code selection but no {global optimisation}. Chop can currently compile and run small test programs on the {VAX}. The {NS32k} and {68000} code generators are being upgraded for lcc compatibility. {(ftp://beethoven.cs.colostate.edu/pub/chop/0.6.tar.Z)}. ["Fast Code Generation Using Automatically-Generated Decision Trees", ACM SIGPLAN '90 PLDI]. (1993-04-28)