These are the meanings of the letters HOCP when you unscramble them.
- Chop (n.)
A change; a vicissitude.
- Chop (n.)
A crack or cleft. See Chap.
- Chop (n.)
A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
- Chop (n.)
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
- Chop (n.)
A permit or clearance.
- Chop (n.)
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
- Chop (n.)
Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
- Chop (n.)
The act of chopping; a stroke.
- Chop (n.)
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
- Chop (v. i.)
To barter or truck.
- Chop (v. i.)
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- Chop (v. i.)
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
- Chop (v. i.)
To interrupt; -- with in or out.
- Chop (v. i.)
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
- Chop (v. i.)
To purchase by way of truck.
- Chop (v. i.)
To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
- Chop (v. i.)
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
- Chop (v. t.)
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
- Chop (v. t.)
To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
- Chop (v. t.)
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
- Chop (v. t. & i.)
To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.