chop

chop
chop [{{t}}tʃɒp] (pt & pp chopped, cont chopping)
1 transitive verb
(a) (cut → gen) couper; (→ wood) couper; {{}}Cookery{{}} hacher;
to chop sth into pieces couper qch en morceaux;
to chop sth finely hacher qch menu;
to chop logic couper les cheveux en quatre
(b) (hit) donner un coup à, frapper
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (reduce → budget, funding) réduire, diminuer ; (→ project) mettre au rancart
(d) {{}}Sport{{}} (ball) couper
2 intransitive verb
(change direction) varier;
to chop and change changer constamment d'avis;
he's always chopping and changing (changing his mind) il change d'opinion à tout bout de champ
3 noun
(a) (blow → with axe) coup m de hache; (→ with hand) coup m;
{{}}familiar{{}} to get or to be given the chop {{}}British{{}} (employee) être viré; (project) être mis au rancart; (chapter, part of text, film etc) être supprimé ;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} the welfare programmes are for the chop les programmes d'assistance sociale vont être supprimés;
he's for the chop il va y passer
(b) {{}}Cookery{{}} (of pork, lamb) côtelette f
(c) {{}}Golf{{}} coup m piqué
(d) (in tennis) volée f coupée ou arrêtée
4 chops plural noun
(jowls → of person) joue f; (→ of animal) bajoues fpl;
to lick one's chops se pourlécher les babines
chop at inseparable transitive verb
(a) (try to cut → gen) tenter de couper; (→ with axe) donner des coups de hache à, tailler (à la hache)
(b) (try to hit) essayer de frapper
chop down separable transitive verb
abattre
chop off separable transitive verb
trancher, couper;
they chopped off the king's head ils ont coupé la tête au roi
chop up separable transitive verb
couper en morceaux, hacher; {{}}Cookery{{}} hacher

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