as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
delivered a sharp chop to his opponent's neck
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Recent Examples of chop
Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Brooks Baldwin ended the bid for perfection, chopping a single to right field with one out in the sixth inning.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
Use this pickled relish to top pork chops, hotdogs, deviled eggs, or greens.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
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Verb
That suggests Trump thinks the Fed should chop its key short term interest rate by a whopping 3 percentage points or so, from a range of 4.25% to 4.5% to about 1.25%.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Brooks Baldwin ended the bid for perfection, chopping a single to right field with one out in the sixth inning.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
Noun
Spend your days relaxing by the pool or sharpening your culinary chops with an in-villa cooking class.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
Use this pickled relish to top pork chops, hotdogs, deviled eggs, or greens.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chop
Verb
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Pack firmly to ensure the crust doesn’t crumble when sliced (using the bottom of a measuring cup helps pack the crust into the pan).—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
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Stormy weather could stretch over a large portion of the central and eastern US on Wednesday as humid air pours north out of the Gulf and the cold front starts to slice south.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The title bout bore out as a chess match, as the ISL school traded blows with one of the top MIAA teams from the South Shore.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2025
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Smith shoved the gun in the guy’s gut, took the blow, then left.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Officials didn’t mince words about the White House’s agenda and rhetoric, either.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 July 2025
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Alex Cora didn’t mince words before the break when noting the disappointment of recent years.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
Noun
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Plus, and this is no small thing: Its closing musical number absolutely slaps.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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When the back slaps did not work, the officer turned the child around and performed the Heimlich maneuver, which dislodged a piece of a hot dog.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Peel, wash, and dice the vegetables, and add them to the pot.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Hamilton Beach Electric Vegetable Chopper $25 $14 (44% off) Amazon For quick, small jobs like dicing onions, this compact Hamilton Beach chopper—a WIRED staff favorite—is a Prime Day bargain.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson give this team just enough thump to be dangerous.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The team pulled off a shocking blockbuster by landing franchise slugger Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox, immediately filling its need for some left-handed thump in the batting order.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Verb
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The former royal chef grated a Honeycrisp apple over the oats and added in blueberries and walnuts.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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And here’s the story, courtesy of a nudge from Snell, who by sheer serendipity soon after that initial email was offered two seats immediately behind the delightful source of a noise that gratifies some and grates others.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2025
Noun
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And his impression of himself was totally out of whack with the way other people perceived him.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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The difference this year is that the more autocratic or erratic leaders there are in power, the harder normal forecasting becomes, because macroeconomic dynamics get out of whack – like how Putin’s war, which was horrible in itself, also came with this secondary scourge of inflation.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Chop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chop. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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