Chop vs Belt - What's the difference?
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A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
*1957 , :
*:I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut.
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
(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.
Termination, especially from employment.
(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
To sever with an axe or similar implement.
(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.
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
* L'Estrange
To interrupt; with in'' or ''out .
* Latimer
(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
* L'Estrange
To chap or crack.
(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
* Francis Bacon
(mostly, in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
A change; a vicissitude.
An official stamp or seal.
Mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
(internet) An IRC channel operator.
* 1996 , Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier (page 404)
A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
(astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
A quick drink of liquor.
(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt'', ''Bible Belt'', ''Black Belt'', ''Green Belt ).
(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
(weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
To encircle.
To fasten a belt.
To hit with a belt.
and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
To drink quickly, often in gulps.
(slang) To hit someone or something.
(baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
To move very fast
Chop is a related term of belt.
As nouns the difference between chop and belt
is that chop is garbage, trash can while belt is .chop
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) choppen, variant of (only attested in compounds). More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "chop")Synonyms
* axe, pink slip, sackVerb
- chop wood
- chop an onion
- Chop off his head.
- Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.
- This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
Derived terms
* chop chop * chopper * chopping board * chop logic * chops * chopstick * choppy * karate chop * try out one's own chopsEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of (chap).Verb
- this is not to put down Prelaty, this is but to chop an Episcopacy; this is but to translate the Palace Metropolitan'' from one kind of dominion into another, this is but an old canonicall sleight of ''commuting our penance.
- We go on chopping and changing our friends.
- The wind chops about.
- Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
Noun
(en noun)- East Chop'''; West '''Chop
- (Marryat)
Etymology 3
(etyl)Noun
(en noun)- silk of the first chop
Derived terms
* chop dollar * chop of tea * grand chopEtymology 4
Shortening.Noun
(en noun)- IRC supports mechanisms for the enforcement of acceptable behaviour on IRC. Channel operators — "chanops" or "chops " — have access to the /kick command, which throws a specified user out of the given channel.
Synonyms
* chanop * op ----belt
English
(wikipedia belt)Noun
(en noun)- As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- a belt''' of trees; a '''belt of sand
- After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt .
Synonyms
* (band worn around waist) girdle, waistband, sash, strap * (band used as safety restraint) restraint, safety belt, seat belt * (powerful blow) blow, punch, sock, wallopDerived terms
* asteroid belt * below the belt * belted (adjective) * belt track * Bible Belt * black belt * chastity belt * conveyor belt * fan belt * kidney belt * Kuiper belt * radiation belt * Rust Belt * safety belt * seat belt * tighten one's belt * under one's belt * utility beltVerb
(en verb)- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- He was really belting along.