How do you use the word "chop" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "chop": 1. Finely chop the chicken breast meat. Chop the pickled cabbage finely.

Chop Meaning

/t͡ʃɒp/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

nounA blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.

Sentence Examples

1. Finely chop the chicken breast meat.

Chop the pickled cabbage finely.

I had to get the axes to chop the wood.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The chef will ____ the onions before adding them to the soup.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I need to ____ some wood for the fireplace before it gets dark tonight.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Of the two fried chops served him for breakfast he ate one and gave Edmund the other, and put a buttered sandwich of bread in his pocket against the accidents of travel." — 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 18:

"I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut." — 1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:

"E, C. McsEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds[.]" — 1924 October 6, The Examiner, Launceston, page 2, column 6:

"It's peak when the mandem spotty I gonna need more than a dot-dot Capisce, got a problem for swinging this chop?" — 2025 May 1, SH, “Intro” (2:20 from the start):

"Out of a Greediness to get both, he Chops at the Shadow, and Loses the Substance." — 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

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