English

Etymology 1

Noun

1. The mouth, jaws or jowl.
2. music informal A player's embouchure.
3. One's skill at any endeavor.

   Though he was untested, it soon became evident that he had the chops to run with the big boys.

4. The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.

Etymology 2

Noun

1. Plural of chop

Etymology 3

Verb

1. He chops wood all day.

• CHOP, a chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Meat chop, a cut of meat usually containing a rib and served as an individual portion.
• Chop (furniture), an identifying mark on cabinets and furniture
• Chop (fiberglass), a form of fiberglass
• Seal (Chinese) or "chop" colloquially, used in China to prove identity (typically on documents or art in East Asia)
• Chops (juggling) a juggling pattern for three balls or clubs
• Perhaps derived from above, "Chops" refers to the basic set of musical skills a musician possesses, particularly in jazz.
• Chopping the blinds, in poker, when all players fold to the blinds, who then remove their bets
• Chop, Ukraine.
• Chop (also called "bluegrass chop"), a percussive technique of rhythmic accompaniment used by bluegrass mandolin and fiddle players
• Embouchure, in music, a synonym for chops
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• CHOPS, an Asian-American hip-hop producer and rapper
• Chop (Corps of Cadets), in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M a person who doesn't do anything and makes excuses to get out activities such as fish Burns
• Chops (album), a pop album by Euros Childs
• Karate chop, a fast and focused strike with the side of the hand
• Mutton chops, a colloquial term for sideburns
• Chop (Software), a file splitting utility.
• CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Homologous Protein (CHOP), an activating protein of apoptosis