Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - chop
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1. v. & n. --v.tr. (chopped, chopping) 1 (usu. foll. by off, down, etc.) cut or fell by a blow, usu. with an axe. 2 (often foll. by up) cut (esp. meat or vegetables) into small pieces. 3 strike (esp. a ball) with a short heavy edgewise blow. 4 Brit. colloq. dispense with; shorten or curtail. --n. 1 a cutting blow, esp. with an axe. 2 a thick slice of meat (esp. pork or lamb) usu. including a rib. 3 a short heavy edgewise stroke or blow in tennis, cricket, boxing, etc. 4 the broken motion of water, usu. owing to the action of the wind against the tide. 5 (prec. by the) Brit. sl. a dismissal from employment. b the action of killing or being killed. Phrases and idioms chop logic argue pedantically. Etymology: ME, var. of CHAP(1) 2. n. (usu. in pl.) the jaw of an animal etc. Etymology: 16th-c. var. (occurring earlier) of CHAP(3), of unkn. orig. 3. v.intr. (chopped, chopping) Phrases and idioms chop and change vacillate; change direction frequently. Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to chap f. OE ceapian (as CHEAP) 4. n. Brit. archaic a trade mark; a brand of goods. Phrases and idioms not much chop esp. Austral. & NZ no good. Etymology: orig. in India & China, f. Hindi chap stamp
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I. verb (~ped; ~ping) see: chap Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cut into or sever usually by repeated blows of a sharp instrument, to cut into pieces, to weed and thin out (young cotton), to cut as if by ~ping , to strike (as a ball) with a short quick downward stroke, to subject to the action of a ~per , intransitive verb to make a quick stroke or repeated strokes with or as if with a sharp instrument (as an ax), to move or act suddenly or violently, II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaver, a sharp downward blow or stroke, a small cut of meat often including part of a rib, a mark made by or as if by ~ping, material that has been ~ped up, 5. a short abrupt motion (as of a wave), a stretch of ~py sea, ~per 6, ax 3 , III. intransitive verb (~ped; ~ping) Etymology: Middle English chappen, ~pen to barter Date: 1540 to change direction, to veer with or as if with wind, IV. noun Etymology: Hindi chāp & Urdu chhāp stamp Date: 1614 1. a seal or official stamp or its impression, a license validated by a seal, 2. a mark on goods or coins to indicate nature or quality, a kind, brand, or lot of goods bearing the same ~, quality, grade ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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