chop

1a :  a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaverb :  a sharp downward blow or stroke

2 :  a small cut of meat often including part of a rib — see lamb illustration

3 :  a mark made by or as if by chopping

4 :  material that has been chopped up

5a :  a short abrupt motion (as of a wave)b :  a stretch of choppy sea

6 :  chopper 6

7 chiefly British :  abrupt elimination or removal (as from a job) it is the very top men who have got the chop — Daily Mirror

1 :  to change direction

2 :  to veer with or as if with wind

1a :  a seal or official stamp or its impressionb :  a license validated by a seal

2a :  a mark on goods or coins to indicate nature or qualityb :  a kind, brand, or lot of goods bearing the same chopc :  quality, grade of the first chop

1 :  to cut by striking especially over and over with something sharp Chop down the tree with an ax.

2 :  to cut into small pieces :  mince chop onions

1 :  a sharp downward blow or stroke (as with an ax)

2 :  a small cut of meat often including a part of a rib a pork chop