Chop

1. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
2. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
3. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
4. A crack or cleft. See Chap.
5. A change; a vicissitude.
6. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
7. To interrupt; -- with in or out.
8. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
9. A permit or clearance.
10. To purchase by way of truck.
11. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
12. To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
13. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
14. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
15. The act of chopping; a stroke.
16. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
17. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
18. To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
19. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
20. To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
21. To barter or truck.