How to pronounce “chop”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
• A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
• (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
• Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
• (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
• (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
• (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
• (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
• (uncountable) Aircraft turbulence.
• (UK, slang) Cocaine.
• (MLE, slang) A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
• (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
• (transitive, figurative) To separate or divide.
• (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
• (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
• (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
• (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
• (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
• (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
• (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
• (slang, transitive) To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
• (slang, transitive) To have sex with.

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