English Explanatory Dictionary

chop-chop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Used to urge someone to do something quickly.
adv
  1. Quickly.
noun
  1. Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

chop-chop chop chop

Etymology

From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.

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