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Definition: CHOPS |
CHOPSNoun plural1. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel. 2. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth. |
Date "CHOPS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Chops The face, is allied to the Latin caput, the head; Greek, ??????? Anglo-Saxon ceafel, the snout; in the plural, the cheeks. We talk of a "pig's chap." The Latin cap-ut gives us the word chap, a fellow or man; and its alliance with chop gives us the term "chapped" hands, etc. Everyone knows the answer given to the girl who complained of chapped lips: "My dear, you should not let the chaps come near your lips." Down in the chops- i.e. down in the mouth in a melancholy state; with the mouth drawn down. (Anglo-Saxon, cealf, the snout or jaw; Icelandic, kiaptr.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun (plural). Source: Unclear. Although the verb "to chop" has many meanings (including, for example, "to make heavy cutting strokes", or, as a noun, "a swift, cutting blow or stroke"), none of these definitions provide a clear derivation of the term and meaning used by musici. Definition: The jaws, mouth, lower cheeks or jowls, especially in reference to those of one who plays a brass instrument such as trumpet or trombone. Context: The word "chops" would likely be used in a discussion of a brass musician's ability to play well--with accuracy and a smooth, appealing tone--as a result of in-shape "chops" . Social Source: West Coast musicians. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Noun. Source: Verb. To cut by blows with a sharp tool. Definition: A specific Technic. "Jive-talk". Referring to one's technique or ability. Context: This would be used when approving or dissaproving of someone else's abilities or technique. Social Source: Band Members (Musicians and Singers). Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
Slang in 1811 | CHOPS. The mouth. I gave him a wherrit, or a souse, across the chops; I gave him a blow over the mouth, See WHERRIT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum; skirts, border; (edge). |
Edge | Noun: edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle. |
Food | Mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, chops. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CHOPS |
| English words defined with "CHOPS": bread ♦ mincer, mincing machine ♦ woodcutter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CHOPS": BUTCHER, MEAT ♦ channel op, charge loader, CHIMNEY CHOPS, Chop-House, CHOPPING-MACHINE OPERATOR, cold-meat chef, cook, cold meat, COOK, RAILROAD, COOKER LOADER ♦ Dowse on the Chops ♦ FALLER II ♦ GARDE MANGER ♦ HASHER OPERATOR ♦ Lamb, LOG MARKER, LOG PEELER ♦ meat cutter, mincing-machine operator, MIXER HELPER ♦ NUT CHOPPER ♦ SHREDDER OPERATOR, SHREDDER TENDER, snow remover, SNOW SHOVELER, stumper-feller ♦ tank charger ♦ WASTE CHOPPER, WIPE. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Pork chops taste gooood (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) I'll bust his chops. (Transformers; writing credit: George Arthur Bloom; Doug Booth) All you have got is an ear for music, and a nose for pork chops! (A Rhapsody in Black and Blue; writing credit: Phil Cohan) | |
Tongue Twisters | Chop shops stock chops. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Porky Chops (1949) Ko-Ko Chops Suey (1927) Alice Chops the Suey (1925) Pride and Po'k Chops (1920) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dottie and Lottie. No pork chops for me dearie ... I had a customer today that looked the image of a fat pig ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pig meat" by Michel Marcon Commentary: "Chops of pig meat." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ma was putting two chops and some fried potatoes on a tin plate |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Julia Child | I think a lot of us get into a terrible meat rut. It's always steaks, chops, saddle of lamb, beef Wellington or hamburgers. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "CHOPS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 79.43% of the time. "CHOPS" is used about 141 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 79.43% | 112 | 30,646 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 19.15% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.42% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 141 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CHOPS": chops and changes ♦ down in the chops ♦ lick one's chops. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "CHOPS": belt-across-the-chops, dolly-chops, mutton-chops, slobber-chops, smoothy-chops. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CHOPS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 剁 (Chop). (various references) | |
Dutch | maisgries (hominy chops, maize groats). (various references) | |
Finnish | t-luukyljys (lamb loin chops, lamb short loin chops), lampaankyljys (mutton chop). (various references) | |
French | côtelette sans manche (lamb loin chops, lamb short loin chops), côtelette de filet (lamb loin chops, lamb short loin chops), côtelette à manche (rib chops), premières côtes de porc (rib chops), hominy chops (hominy chops). (various references) | |
German | hackt (hacks, hashes). (various references) | |
Greek | μπριζόλες χοιρινές καλυμμένες (back ribs, country ribs, rib chops), παϊδάκια νεφραμιάς (lamb loin chops, lamb short loin chops), παϊδάκια (cutlets, lamb cutlets, rib chops). (various references) | |
Hungarian | viszontagságok (chops and charges, ups and downs), megnyalja a szája szélét (to lick one's chops, to lick one's lips), hirtelen változások (chops and charges). (various references) | |
Italian | basette (deburns, sideboards, sideburns). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 舌舐めずり (licking one's lips or chops). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | したなめずり (licking one's lips or chops). (various references) | |
Korean | 절단 (Chop, Cutting, scission). (various references) | |
Manx | eallyn, asnaghyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | opschay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ondas (surge), mar agitado. (various references) | |
Romanian | gurã (aperture, armful, Buss, entrance, gab, gossip, influx, issue, jaw, kisser, lip, lips, mouth, mouthful, muzzle, orifice, pestering, plug, row, scolding, sip, speech, spout, squabble, vent), fleoancã, botniţã (muzzle), bec (bulb, full back, glow lamp, nozzle, Snoot, snout). (various references) | |
Russian | отбивная (chop, cutlet). (various references) | |
Spanish | patillas (deburns, side whiskers, sideboards, sideburns, side-whiskers, whiskers), labios (lips), boca (bit, chop, drain, jaws, mouth, peen, pit, trap). (various references) | |
Swedish | käft (gob, jaw, jawbone, jaws, mouth, muzzle, yap). (various references) | |
Turkish | can atmak (ache for, ache to, aspire, be dying for, crave, die for, hanker, have an itch to, itch, itch to, jump at, lick one's chops, long, look forward to, raring to, set one's heart on), yalanmak (lick one's chops, lick one's lips), yön değiştirme (chops and changes, swing, veer), sürekli değişmeler (chops and changes), durmadan fikir değiştirme (chops and changes), ağzının suyu akmak (desire longingly, lick one's chops, lick one's lips, slaver, slaver for, slobber). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CHOPS": chopstick, chopsticks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CHOPS": muttonchops. (additional references) | |
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"CHOPS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cheops, cheopsis, chiop, chiops, chipps, chmos, cho, choas, chobs, choes, choiss, choo, choop, Chooph, choopy, choos, chopes, chors, chos, chosx, chots, chupa, cohos, echops, ochropus, Schopf. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CHOPS" (pronounced khÄ"ps) |
| 3 | -Ä" p s | cops, crops, drops, flops, hops, Kops, mops, ops, pops, props, shoppes, shops, sops, stops, swaps, tops, wops. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: chop, cops, cosh, hops, posh, scop, shop, soph. | |
-2 letters: cop, cos, hop, ohs, ops, poh, sop. | |
-3 letters: ho, oh, op, os, sh, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: chomps, epochs, psycho. | |
+2 letters: carhops, cheapos, chopins, coprahs, hopsack, hospice, isopach, phobics, phonics, photics, poaches, ponchos, pooches, porches, pouches, psychos, shoepac, splotch. | |
+3 letters: aphonics, biochips, camphols, camphors, charpoys, chompers, chopines, choppers, cookshop, copihues, hencoops, hockshop, hopsacks, hospices, isopachs, pachucos, panochas, panoches, penoches, pibrochs, picachos, poachers, pochards, postiche, potiches, scaphoid, sheepcot, shoepack, shoepacs, siphonic, splotchy, strophic, subepoch, sunporch, touchups, tuckshop. | |
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