| chop | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. chop | the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide).; "the boat headed into the chop" |
| ~ physical phenomenon | a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy. |
| n. (food) | 2. chop | a small cut of meat including part of a rib. |
| ~ cut of meat, cut | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
| ~ mutton chop | chop cut from a mature sheep. |
| ~ lamb-chop, lamb chop, lambchop | chop cut from a lamb. |
| ~ porkchop | chop cut from a hog. |
| n. (body) | 3. chop | a jaw.; "I'll hit him on the chops" |
| ~ jaw | the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. |
| n. (act) | 4. chop, chop shot | a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball. |
| ~ return | a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player.; "he won the point on a cross-court return" |
| n. (act) | 5. chop, chopper | a grounder that bounces high in the air. |
| ~ ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground. |
| v. (contact) | 6. chop, chop up | cut into pieces.; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" |
| ~ hash | chop up.; "hash the potatoes" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ mince | cut into small pieces.; "mince the garlic" |
| v. (motion) | 7. chop | move suddenly. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (creation) | 8. chop | form or shape by chopping.; "chop a hole in the ground" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (contact) | 9. chop | strike sharply, as in some sports. |
| ~ strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
| v. (contact) | 10. chop, hack | cut with a hacking tool. |
| ~ ax, axe | chop or split with an ax.; "axe wood" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (competition) | 11. chop | hit sharply. |
| ~ strike, hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
| slash | | |
| n. (state) | 1. cut, gash, slash, slice | a wound made by cutting.; "he put a bandage over the cut" |
| ~ wound, lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). |
| n. (object) | 2. slash | an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind). |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| n. (communication) | 3. diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule | a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| n. (act) | 4. gash, slash | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ cutting, cut | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
| v. (contact) | 5. cut down, slash | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 6. flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip | beat severely with a whip or rod.; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| ~ flagellate, scourge | whip.; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" |
| ~ leather | whip with a leather strap. |
| ~ horsewhip | whip with a whip intended for horses. |
| ~ switch | flog with or as if with a flexible rod. |
| ~ cowhide | flog with a cowhide. |
| ~ cat | beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails. |
| ~ birch | whip with a birch twig. |
| v. (contact) | 7. gash, slash | cut open.; "she slashed her wrists" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (change) | 8. slash | cut drastically.; "Prices were slashed" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| v. (motion) | 9. convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash.; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" |
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