as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
delivered a sharp chop to his opponent's neck
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Recent Examples of chop
Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Noise of trees crackling and sap hissing, branches thumping down, timber being dragged and chopped.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Michaela Zee, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Her refined chop resembled that of Anna Wintour’s, minus the micro bangs.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
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Verb
To honor the occasion, Reese bleached her hair and chopped it to her collarbone.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Noise of trees crackling and sap hissing, branches thumping down, timber being dragged and chopped.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
Even more striking than her lack of thespian chops, however, is her complete absence of screen presence.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Her refined chop resembled that of Anna Wintour’s, minus the micro bangs.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chop
Noun
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Green Bay's offense was dealt a massive blow last week when star tight end Tucker Kraft went down with a torn ACL against the Panthers.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The groundbreaking research penetrated the last moments of the young nobleman, who suffered a terrible 26 blows.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Greenstein and Goldberg tried — and failed — to dissuade their boss from giving Will Smith and his company Westbrook an overall deal with the studio, arguing that the Oscar-slap controversy and a dodgy box office track record would result in more headaches than hits.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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That included two stellar stops in the waning seconds of the third with Carolina on the power play, rebuffing a slap shot and then blocking the rebound with his leg pad.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The windshield repels the huddled form and the thump on the pavement sounds like a rebuke.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The result is that the sonic boom becomes a sonic thump of 60 dB to 80 dB, or about that of a car door closing for those on the ground.—
David Szondy
October 28,
New Atlas,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The actor would be on the hit show for six seasons before his character tragically died from wounds sustained in a plane crash.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Following an energetic performance of some of the hip hop trio’s greatest hits, Cheryl James, known by her stage name Salt, told the crowd that the women were currently in a battle for ownership of their music.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Adam Leventhal has a great story on the corporate game of whack-a-mole that is taking down a piracy giant.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Studies have shown, too, that blind people whose natural melatonin cycles get out of whack, leaving them with a form of constant jet lag, can benefit from supplementation.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The rum punch is still the island’s best; now, there are fresh wall murals by Theodora and a covetable collection of fashion-forward merch that might just be the island’s coolest souvenir.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
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Years later, Green said James baited him into the punch.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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While Merlin may be counting on Shein to increase foot traffic at the beleaguered BHV, the previous pop-ups have not resulted in knock-on sales boosts for other brands, Le Louët said.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Nobody expected a year ago that the India-US economic relationship will take so many knocks—of which the HIRE Bill is another reflection.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Simons was the offending party on Bane’s swipe, and he was beaten for an and-one dunk in transition shortly thereafter.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Villaraigosa has not been afraid to take swipes at other Democrats in the gubernatorial primary.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Chop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chop. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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