Chop vs. Chip

Chopnoun

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

Chopnoun

A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.

Chopnoun

(martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.

Chopnoun

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

Chopnoun

(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.

Chopnoun

Termination, especially from employment.

Chopnoun

(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

Chopnoun

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Chopnoun

A jaw of an animal.

Chopnoun

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

Chopnoun

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

Chopnoun

An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.

Chopnoun

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

Chopnoun

A license or passport that has been sealed.

Chopnoun

(internet) An IRC channel operator.

Chopverb

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

Chopverb

(transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.

Chopverb

(transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.

Chopverb

To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.

Chopverb

(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. en

Chopverb

(intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.

Chopverb

(intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Chopverb

(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.

Chopverb

To remove the final character from (a text string).

Chopverb

(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.

Chopverb

To chap or crack.

Chopverb

(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.

Chopverb

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Chopverb

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; - often with up.

Chopverb

To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; - usually with off or down.

Chopverb

To seize or devour greedily; - with up.

Chopverb

To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

Chopverb

To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Chopverb

To interrupt; - with in or out.

Chopverb

To barter or truck.

Chopverb

To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

Chopverb

To purchase by way of truck.

Chopverb

To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

Chopverb

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Chopverb

To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chopnoun

A change; a vicissitude.

Chopnoun

The act of chopping; a stroke.

Chopnoun

A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

Chopnoun

A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Chopnoun

A jaw of an animal; - commonly in the pl. See Chops.

Chopnoun

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

Chopnoun

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Chopnoun

Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

Chopnoun

A permit or clearance.

Chopnoun

a small cut of meat including part of a rib

Chopnoun

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

Chopnoun

a grounder that bounces high in the air

Chopverb

cut into pieces;

Chopverb

move suddenly

Chopverb

strike sharply, as in some sports

Chopverb

cut with a hacking tool

Chopverb

hit sharply

Chopverb

cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife

Chopverb

remove something by cutting

Chopverb

cut through the base of (a tree or similar plant) with blows from an axe or other implement, in order to fell it

Chopverb

strike (something) with a short heavy blow, as if cutting at something

Chopverb

abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless

Chopverb

change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly

Chopnoun

a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand

Chopnoun

a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib

Chopnoun

a person's share of something.

Chopnoun

crushed or ground grain used as animal feed

Chopnoun

the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide

Chopnoun

a trademark; a brand of goods.

Chipnoun

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

Chipnoun

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

Chipnoun

A token used in place of cash.

Chipnoun

A sovereign the coin.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

Chipnoun

A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

Chipnoun

A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable.

Chipnoun

(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

Chipnoun

(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

Chipnoun

A dried piece of dung used as fuel.

Chipnoun

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

Chipnoun

(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

Chipnoun

A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

Chipnoun

(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipnoun

(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

Chipnoun

(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

Chipverb

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

Chipverb

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

Chipverb

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.

Chipverb

In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball in an arc, over the goalkeeper's reach. (Such shots are often played in a mostly horizontal direction, particularly when taken from distance). In this usage, the opposing goalkeeper is often the direct object of the verb.

Chipverb

to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

Chipverb

(intransitive) To become chipped.

Chipverb

To ante (up).

Chipverb

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Chipverb

to contribute.

Chipverb

(also, to chip at) to make fun of

Chipverb

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

Chipverb

To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

Chipverb

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

Chipverb

To break or fly off in small pieces.

Chipnoun

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

Chipnoun

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

Chipnoun

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; - used contemptuously.

Chipnoun

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

Chipnoun

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipnoun

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

Chipnoun

a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

Chipnoun

a piece of dried bovine dung

Chipnoun

a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Chipnoun

a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

Chipnoun

a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

Chipnoun

electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Chipnoun

a low running approach shot

Chipnoun

the act of chipping something

Chipverb

break off (a piece from a whole);

Chipverb

cut a nick into

Chipverb

play a chip shot

Chipverb

form by chipping;

Chipverb

break a small piece off from;