Chop

chop, v. [chopped (chopt), chopping.] To cut into pieces; to mince; to sever by blows; to seize or devour greedily. — v.i. To come upon or seize suddenly. — n. Act of chopping; a stroke; piece chopped off, esp. a piece of meat. [OD. konpen, to cut off, behead, Sw. kappa, G. happen, LL. coppare, Gr. koptein, to cut.] — Chop'per, n. One who or that which, etc. — Chop 'house, n. An eating-house where chops, etc., are sold. —stick, n. A Chinese eating implement.