as in quickly
with great speed
I need this project done chop-chop
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Recent Examples of chop-chop
To put the end to these threats the new management made the chop-chop square work double time to demonstrate what will happen to zealots who want the country to stay behind.
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Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chop-chop
Adverb
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The clip resonated quickly with viewers on TikTok, prompting an outpouring of affection in the comments.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jimmy Choo's two collections with Sailor Moon, with the most recent one released in October, quickly sold out.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Plus, Kimmel’s contract is expiring soon, and late-night TV is a rapidly shrinking business.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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Despite Indonesia’s rapidly expanding film market, local funding remains scarce due to high requirements for filmmakers’ international profiles and distribution power, making co-production essential for arthouse projects.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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However, Kennedy has held fast to this claim.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Alliance of Small Island States, represented by Palau, announced a 44 percent cut below 2015 levels and called for major economies to act faster.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The only players to reach the mark quicker than the 2024 NFL MVP are Patrick Mahomes (84 games), Dan Marino (89), Aaron Rodgers (99) and Peyton Manning and Brett Favre (106).—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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This additional layer of lateral thinking is almost never prudent, and usually serves to kill both guardians quicker (and instill a killer headache).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The great barracuda, in particular, is known for its speed and fearsome array of needlelike teeth that can swiftly slice through prey.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Lifting the controller and swinging it swiftly down hammers steel at Atsu’s family forge, gently pulling the trigger urges a campfire’s tendrils higher, while tilting it this way and that lowers mushrooms further into that fire for cooking.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Behind him stretched the outlines of what will soon be a massive data center complex in the west-central part of the state, where heavy wind often meets extreme heat.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Apple says more states are expected to join the scheme soon.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Everything about Baldwin’s style is too much; often one feels, in his diction, his elaborate, Jamesian syntactical structures, his sudden shifts of tone, that if the English language has a volume dial that goes up to ten, Baldwin is hot-wiring a go-around to push it to eleven or twelve.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The second step involves precision densification through a method called hot-pressing.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Chop-chop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chop-chop. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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