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  • 21chop|py — chop|py1 «CHOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est. 1. making quick, sharp movements; jerky: »The speaker made nervous, choppy gestures. 2. moving in short, irregular, broken waves: »The wind made the water choppy. The sea is choppy today …

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  • 22Chop — Chop, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.] [1913 Webster] 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. [1913 Webster] 2. A permit or clearance. [1913 Webster] {Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. {chop of tea}, a… …

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  • 23Chop dollar — Chop Chop, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.] [1913 Webster] 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. [1913 Webster] 2. A permit or clearance. [1913 Webster] {Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. {chop of tea},… …

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  • 24chop of tea — Chop Chop, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.] [1913 Webster] 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. [1913 Webster] 2. A permit or clearance. [1913 Webster] {Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. {chop of tea},… …

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  • 25Chop suey (disambiguation) — Chop suey may refer to: Chop suey, the Chinese American cuisine dish American chop suey, a name for an American dish consisting of beef and macaroni Chop Suey, a musical number in the stage musical Flower Drum Song and its film version Chop Suey! …

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  • 26Chop Suey (painting) — Chop Suey Artist Edward Hopper Year 1929 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 81.3 cm × 96.5 cm (32 in × 38 in) Location Collection of Barney A. Ebsworth Chop S …

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  • 27Chop Shop — a.k.a. Scott Konzelmann, is a noise musician who has released recordings on Pure, RRRecords, Banned Prodution, V2 Archief and Generator Sound Art.Chop Shop creates sound using salvaged materials and speakers to create drones and other sounds… …

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  • 28chop-chop — interjection [Date: 1800 1900; : Pidgin English; Origin: chop fast ; CHOPSTICK] an expression used when you want someone to hurry ▪ Come on! Chop chop! …

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  • 29chop — Ⅰ. chop [1] ► VERB (chopped, chopping) 1) cut with repeated sharp, heavy blows of an axe or knife. 2) strike with a short, heavy blow. 3) ruthlessly abolish or reduce in size. ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 30chop — chop1 [chäp] vt. chopped, chopping [ME choppen, prob. < northern OFr choper, for OFr coper, to cut off (< VL * cuppare, to decapitate < * cuppum, skull < LL cuppa, CUP); infl. by couper, to strike (< coup, colp, a blow: see COUP)]… …

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