English Explanatory Dictionary

chopsocky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
  2. An individual film of this kind.

Word forms

chopsocky chopsockies chop-socky

Etymology

Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.

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