chop
/t͡ʃɑp/noun, verb
chop is spelled C-H-O-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chop means “A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chop is chops.
How many letters and syllables are in chop?
| Letters | 4: C-H-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chop?
Chop appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chop?
- UK /t͡ʃɒp/
- US /t͡ʃɑp/
Chop has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-chop.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with chop
Also written: chap.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with chop?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chop from its last stressed vowel (/ɑp/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chop
- chops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chopping participle, present
- chopped participle, past
- chap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
- 2
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
- 3
A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
A karate chop.
- 4
Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- 5
A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.
- 6
informalTermination, especially from employment; the sack.
- 7
AustraliaA woodchopping competition.
- 8
datedA crack or cleft; a chap.
- 9
A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- 10
A jaw of an animal.
- 11
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- 12
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
East Chop
- 13
IndiacolloquialA stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- 14
colloquialThe device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- 15
A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
silk of the first chop
- 16
A licence or passport that has been sealed.
- 17
A complete shipment.
a chop of tea
- 18
An IRC channel operator.
verb
- 1
To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
chop wood; chop an onion
- 2
To sever with an axe or similar implement.
Chop off his head.
- 3
To separate or divide.
We should chop off some of that department's budget.
- 4
to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- 5
To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- 6
To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- 7
To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- 8
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- 9
obsoleteTo exchange, to barter; to swap.
- 10
To chap or crack.
- 11
To vary or shift suddenly.
The wind chops about.
- 12
obsoleteTo twist words.
- 13
To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- 14
IndiacolloquialTo stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- 15
To seal a licence or passport.
- 16
informalTo fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.
We chopped back to the base.
noun
- 1
a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (also called doxorubicin or adriamycin), Oncovin (vincristine) and Prednisone or Prednisolone
- 2
Acronym of change of operational control.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | côtelette , atemi , égalité , hacher, découper, couper |
| German | Kotelett, Rippchen , Schlag , hacken, zerhacken , Hieb |
| Portuguese | corte, posta , picar, decepar , talhada , talhar |
| Spanish | chuleta, tajada , picar, tajar, trocear , tajo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chop come from?
From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic (cf. Swedish tjoff), or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).