chops

noun · verbA2

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noun

1.
(form of, plural, plural only)plural of chop
2.
(plural, plural only, slang)Jaws, lips, mouth.
3.
(plural, plural only)(originally US jazz slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene.
4.
(broadly, informal, plural, plural only)(informal, by extension) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.
5.
(plural, plural only)(nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
6.
(plural, plural only)(juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
7.
(Australia, Nigeria, plural, plural only, slang)Food.

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verb

V_es/s

chopses

V_ing/Gerund

chopsing

V_ed/pp

chopsed

1.
(form of, indicative, present, singular, third person)third-person singular simple present indicative of chop
He chops wood all day.
2.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of chopse.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From the plural of chop (jaw, side of a harbour). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.