to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often fol. by down, off, etc.)

to chop down a tree.

to make or prepare for use by so cutting

to chop logs.

to cut in pieces; mince (often fol. by up )

to chop up an onion; to chop meat.

(in tennis, cricket, etc.) to hit (a ball) with a chop stroke.

to weed and thin out (growing cotton) with a hoe.

Fox Hunting . (of a hound or pack) to attack and kill (a fox that has not begun to run).

to make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, as with an ax.

Boxing . to throw or deliver a short blow, esp. a downward one while in a clinch.

(in tennis, cricket, etc.) to employ or deliver a chop stroke.

to go, come, or move suddenly or violently.

an act or instance of chopping.

a cutting blow.

Boxing . a short blow, esp. a downward one, executed while in a clinch.

a piece chopped off.

an individual cut or portion of meat, as mutton, lamb, veal, or pork, usually one containing a rib.

crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.

a short, irregular, broken motion of waves; choppiness

There's too much chop for rowing today.

rough, turbulent water, as of a sea or lake.

chop stroke. ?

chop or cut down to size. cut ( def. 84 ) .

verb

axe , cleave , clip , cube , dice , divide , fell , fragment , hack , hackle , hash , hew , lop , mangle , mince , sever , shear , slash , truncate , whack , crop , cut back , cut down , lower , pare , prune , trim , cut , sheer , skew , slue , veer , barter , carve , change , chip , cleft , crack , gash , grade , haggle , knock , meat , quality , slit , split

phrasal verb

fell , hew

noun

box , buffet , bust , cuff , punch , smack , smacker , spank , swat , whack