chop up

verb

chopped up; chopping up; chops up

: to cut (something) into small pieces

She chopped up the nuts and added them to the cookie dough.

He chopped the onion up for the stew.

Examples of chop up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026

Or to chop up and put in overnight oats when fresh fruit is too pricey. — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can’t be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can't be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for chop up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup