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.
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.
Chop
(Chop), n. [Chin. & Hind. chap 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.