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chop | stamp |

In lang=en terms the difference between chop and stamp

is that chop is to divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players while stamp is a single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.

In transitive terms the difference between chop and stamp

is that chop is to sever with an axe or similar implement while stamp is to apply postage stamps to.

chop

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) choppen, variant of (only attested in compounds). More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms
    * axe, pink slip, sack

    Verb

  • To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
  • chop wood
    chop an onion
  • To sever with an axe or similar implement.
  • Chop off his head.
  • (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
  • Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.
  • To interrupt; with in'' or ''out .
  • * Latimer
  • 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 chops

    Etymology 2

    Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of (chap).

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
  • 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.
  • * L'Estrange
  • We go on chopping and changing our friends.
  • To chap or crack.
  • (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
  • The wind chops about.
  • To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • East Chop'''; West '''Chop
  • A change; a vicissitude.
  • (Marryat)

    Etymology 3

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An official stamp or seal.
  • Mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
  • silk of the first chop
    Derived terms
    * chop dollar * chop of tea * grand chop

    Etymology 4

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (internet) An IRC channel operator.
  • * 1996 , Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier (page 404)
  • 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 ----

    stamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
  • The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
  • Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
  • An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
  • My passport has quite a collection of stamps .
  • A device for stamping designs.
  • She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps .
  • A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
  • These stamps have a Christmas theme.
  • A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
  • I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
    Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here .
  • (slang, figuratively) A tattoo
  • (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide
  • Synonyms

    * (act of stamping ): * (indentation or imprint made by stamping ): * (device for stamping designs ): * (paper used to indicate payment has been paid ): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stamp

    Derived terms

    * rubber stamp * timestamp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
  • The toddler screamed and stamped , but still got no candy.
  • To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
  • The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
  • To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
  • * Dryden
  • He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
    (Shakespeare)
  • To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
  • This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
    This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
  • To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
  • The immigration officer stamped my passport.
  • To apply postage stamps to.
  • I forgot to stamp this letter.
  • (figurative) To mark; to impress.
  • * John Locke
  • God has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.}}

    Synonyms

    * (mark by pressing quickly and heavily ): emboss, dent * (give an official marking to ): impress, imprint

    Anagrams

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