Chope vs Chops - What's the difference?
chope | chops |
(Singapore) to reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
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 verbs the difference between chope and chops
is that chope is while chops is (chop).As a noun chops is
.chope
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* Singlish ----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.