choochkie (chochki)

[Alaskan.] The native name in Alaska of the least or knob-billed auklet, Simorhynchus pusillus. H. W. Elliott. cho or (chör), n. A dialectal variant of chorel, char1. He ful chauncely hatz chosen to the chef gate, That brozt bremly the burne to the bryge ende. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 778. Towardez Chartris they chese these cheualrous knyghttez. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1619. Cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than. See can not but , under but1 , conj . I cannot choose but weep, to think they should lay him i' the cold ground. Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 5. chooser (chöʻzėr), n. [ chop (not found in AS.), = MD. koppen, cut off (the head or top of), lop, poll, amputate, kappen, D. kappen (> G. kappen ), chop, cut, hew, mince, lop, poll, = MLG. koppen (> G. koppen ), lop, poll, = Dan. kappe, cut, poll, = Sw. kappa, cut; appar. an orig. verb, meaning 'chop, cut with a sudden blow,' mixed in form and senses with several verbs of other origin: (2) MD. koppen (= MLG. koppen = G. köpfen ), poll, lop, ME. coupen, caupen ), cut, strike: see coup1, caup3. Prob. not connected with Goth. kaupatjan, strike, slap, or, as supposed (through an a umed root * skap ), with Gr. κόπτειν, cut, κάπων, a capon (see capon ), and OBulg. skopiti = Ru . skopití = Serv. shkopiti = Pol. skopic, castrate, > ÖBulg. skopitsi = Ru . skopetsŭ = Serv. shkopats, a eunuch, = Pol. Bohem. skop (> G. schöps ), a gelded ram, a mutton. Hence chip1, q. v.] I. trans. 1. To cut with a quick blow of a sharp instrument, as an ax; sever with a sudden stroke, or a succe ion of such strokes; cut in pieces by repeated strokes; fell; hew; hack; mince: as, to chop off a limb; to chop down a tree; to chop wood or straw; to chop meat. Mony chivalrous Achilles choppit to dethe: All his wed is were wete of thaire wan blode! Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5999. Chop off his head; something we will determine. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 1, 21. To snap up; gobble. You are for making a hasty meal and for chopping up your entertainment like an hungry clown. Dryden. 3. To flog. [Prov. Eng.] -4. To put in. [Prov. [Prov. Eng.]-5. To cause to cleave, split, sp crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the skin and flesh of the hand or face: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap 1 , v., I., 1. To chop a fox (see 2, above), in fox - hunting , to seize him before he has had time to escape from cover: said of a hound. - To chop up, to cut in or into pieces. = Syn. Split , Cleave, efc. See rend. II. in trans. 1. To use a cutting instrument, as a cleaver or an ax, with a heavy stroke: as, to spend the day in chopping .-2t. To strike (at); catch (at); do something with a sudden, unexpected motion, like that of a blow. Bacon . He chops at the shadow and loses the substance. Sir R. L'Estrange. 3t. To cut in; come in suddenly in interruption. Some scornful jest or other chops between me And my desire. Fletcher, Wild goose Chase, i. 2. 4. To utter words suddenly; interrupt by remarking: with in or out: as, he chopped in with a question. See phrases below.-5. To crack; open in long slits: in this sense more commonly written chap. See chap1, v., II., 1.-Το chop in, to thrust in suddenly; interrupt. You're running greedily, like a hound to his breakfast, That chops in head and all, to beguile his fellows. Beau , and Fl . , Wit at several Weapons, iv. 2. This covetous fellow would not tarry till all the sermon was done, but interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chop ping in . Latimer , 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. To chop in with, to cut in with (some remark); interrupt with. To chop out with, to give vent or expre ion to suddenly; bring out suddenly; whip out. Thou wilt chop out with them unseasonably, When I desire 'em not. Beau , and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, iv. 2. right of choosing. So far forth as herself might be her chooser. Shak ., M. W. of W., iv. 6. We cannot be choosers, sir, in our own destiny. Middle ton ( and others ), The Widow, v. 1. Should the worm be chooser ? - the clay withstand The shaping will of the potter's hand? Whittier , The Preacher. choosingly (cho'zing-li), adv . [ choosing , ppr. of choose , v ., + -ly 2.] By choosing; by choice or preference. [Rare.]