chopchop1 /tʃɑp/ ●●● verb (chopped, chopping) 
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[transitive] also chop up to cut something, especially food, into smaller pieces: 
Can you chop up some onions for me? Chop the tomatoes into fairly large pieces.THESAURUScut, slice, dice, peel, carve, shred, grate► see thesaurus at cut1 (1)2[intransitive, transitive] to cut something by hitting it many times with a heavy sharp tool such as an ax: She was outside chopping wood for the fire.chop down phrasal verb to make a tree fall down by cutting it with a heavy sharp tool such as an ax: A couple of the older trees will have to be chopped down.chop off phrasal verb to remove something by cutting it with a sharp tool: The branch had been chopped off.
1 [transitive] also chop up to cut something, especially food, into smaller pieces: Can you chop up some onions for me? Chop the tomatoes into fairly large pieces.THESAURUScut, slice, dice, peel, carve, shred, grate► see thesaurus at cut1 (1)2[intransitive, transitive] to cut something by hitting it many times with a heavy sharp tool such as an ax: She was outside chopping wood for the fire.chop down phrasal verb to make a tree fall down by cutting it with a heavy sharp tool such as an ax: A couple of the older trees will have to be chopped down.chop off phrasal verb to remove something by cutting it with a sharp tool: The branch had been chopped off.
