English Explanatory Dictionary

chops

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of chop
  2. Jaws, lips, mouth.
  3. One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
  4. One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
  5. The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
  6. A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
  7. Food.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chop
verb
  1. Alternative form of chopse.
noun
  1. plural of CHOP

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃɑps/ /t͡ʃɒps/ En-au-chops.ogg

Word forms

chops chopses chopsing chopsed

Etymology

From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.

Related words

chaps

Derived words

break one's chops bust chops bust one's chops cheeky chops chops and changes chopsy lick one's chops nimble-chops reverse chops small chops
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