Chop vs. Stamp

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.

Stampnoun

An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

Stampnoun

An indentation or imprint made by stamping.

Stampnoun

A device for stamping designs.

Stampnoun

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

Stampnoun

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.

Stampnoun

A tattoo

Stampnoun

(slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide

Stampverb

(intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

Stampverb

(transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

Stampverb

(transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

Stampverb

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

Stampverb

(transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.

Stampverb

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

Stampverb

To mark; to impress.

Stampverb

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

Stampverb

To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.

Stampverb

To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.

Stampverb

To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

Stampverb

Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.

Stampverb

To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.

Stampverb

To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.

Stampverb

To strike; to beat; to crush.

Stampverb

To strike the foot forcibly downward.

Stampnoun

The act of stamping, as with the foot.

Stampnoun

The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.

Stampnoun

The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.

Stampnoun

That which is marked; a thing stamped.

Stampnoun

A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.

Stampnoun

An official mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.

Stampnoun

A stamped or printed device, usually paper, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.

Stampnoun

An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.

Stampnoun

A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.

Stampnoun

Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.

Stampnoun

A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or beating.

Stampnoun

A half-penny.

Stampnoun

Money, esp. paper money.

Stampnoun

a token that postal fees have been paid

Stampnoun

the distinctive form in which a thing is made;

Stampnoun

a type or class;

Stampnoun

a symbol that is the result of printing;

Stampnoun

machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

Stampnoun

a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

Stampnoun

a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

Stampverb

walk heavily;

Stampverb

to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something;

Stampverb

reveal clearly as having a certain character;

Stampverb

affix a stamp to;

Stampverb

treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;

Stampverb

destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot;

Stampverb

form or cut out with a mold, form, or die;

Stampverb

crush or grind with a heavy instrument;

Stampverb

raise in a relief;

Stampverb

bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground

Stampverb

crush, flatten, or remove with a heavy blow from one's foot

Stampverb

walk with heavy, forceful steps

Stampverb

impress a pattern or mark on (a surface, object, or document) using an engraved or inked block or die

Stampverb

impress (a pattern or mark) with an engraved or inked block or die

Stampverb

make (something) by cutting it out with a die or mould

Stampverb

reveal or mark out as having a particular quality or ability

Stampverb

fix a postage stamp or stamps on to (a letter)

Stampverb

crush or pulverize (ore).

Stampnoun

an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

Stampnoun

a mark or pattern made by a stamp, especially one indicating official validation

Stampnoun

a characteristic or distinctive impression or quality

Stampnoun

a particular class or type of person or thing

Stampnoun

a small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp

Stampnoun

an act or sound of stamping with the foot

Stampnoun

a block for crushing ore in a stamp mill.