Chops vs Chomps - What's the difference?
chops | chomps |
English plurals
(plurale tantum) The mouth, jaws or jowl.
(plurale tantum, music, informal) A wind instrument player's embouchure.
(plurale tantum, informal, chiefly, music) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
(plurale tantum, informal) One's skill at any endeavor.
(plurale tantum, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
(plurale tantum, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
(chop)
As nouns the difference between chops and chomps
is that chops is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while chomps is plural of lang=en.As verbs the difference between chops and chomps
is that chops is third-person singular of chop while chomps is third-person singular of chomp.chops
English
Noun
(head)- 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.
- Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.
Derived terms
* (juggling) reverse chopsVerb
(head)- He chops wood all day.