chop-chop

chop–chop

adv \ˌchäp-ˈchäp, ˈchäp-ˈ\

Definition of CHOP-CHOP

: without delay : quickly

Origin of CHOP-CHOP

Chinese Pidgin English, reduplication of chop fast

First Known Use: 1834

Related to CHOP-CHOP

Synonyms: apace, briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, hell-for-leather, hot, lickety-split, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly

Antonyms: slow, slowly

Related Words: immediately, promptly, readily; impetuously, impulsively, rashly, recklessly; abruptly, suddenly; energetically, vigorously

Near Antonyms: laggardly, lingeringly, ploddingly, sluggishly; deliberately, leisurely; belatedly, delinquently, tardily

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