chop-chop
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chop–chop

adverb \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

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