2. (Naut.)
Defn: To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon.
CHOP
Chop, n.
Defn: A change; a vicissitude. Marryat.
CHOP
Chop, v. t. & i.
Defn: To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
CHOP
Chop, n.
1. The act of chopping; a stroke.
2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.