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Meaning of "chop chop" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHOP CHOP

From Chinese dialect; related to Cantonese kap kap.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHOP CHOP

chop chop play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHOP CHOP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chop chop is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CHOP CHOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chop Chop

Chop Chop may refer to: ▪ chop chop, equivalent to "hurry" or "do it quickly" ▪ Chop chop, Australian English for homegrown tobacco ▪ Chop Chop, the second single by rap group YoungBloodZ ▪ Chop Chop, an electropop band out of Los Angeles ▪ Chop Chop , Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame racehorse ▪ Chop Chop, 2013 ▪ Chop Chop, the working title of the album Santi ▪ Chop Chop, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran ▪ Chopper Read, nickname used when referring to himself ▪ A character in the Blackhawk comic book series ▪ "Chop-Chop", a 1982 single by British post-punk band Killing Joke ▪ The title of Shwa Losben's 2008 indie rock album ▪ An Undead character in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure ▪ DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley, is a boxer from Washington D.C., and a former WBO and USBA light welterweight champion. current NABF Light Welterweight champion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHOP CHOP

chop
chop logic
chop suey
chopfallen
chophouse
Chopin
chopine
choplogic
chopped
chopped almonds
chopped tomatoes
chopped-up
chopper
chopper tool
choppers
choppier
choppiest
choppily
choppiness
chopping

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHOP CHOP

chop
karate chop
lamb chop
loin chop
mutton chop
not much chop
palm-oil chop
pork chop
small chop
standing chop
the chop
underhand chop
woodchop

Synonyms and antonyms of chop chop in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chop chop» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHOP CHOP

Find out the translation of chop chop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chop chop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chop chop» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

劈斩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chop chop
570 millions of speakers

English

chop chop
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काट काट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ختم ختم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отбивная котлета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chop chop
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিপ চপ্পা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chop Chop
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cop chop
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chop chop
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パタパタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

냠 냠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chop chop
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chặt chặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டுதுண்டாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पटा पट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıyıl doğrayın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chop chop
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chop chop
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відбивна котлета
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chop Chop
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

chop Chop
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kap kap
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

chop chop
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chop chop
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chop chop

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOP CHOP»

The term «chop chop» is regularly used and occupies the 82.644 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of chop chop
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOP CHOP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chop chop» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chop chop» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chop chop

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOP CHOP»

Discover the use of chop chop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chop chop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chop, Chop
Ever since Laci was a little girl she's been growing out her pretty, brown hair and chopping it off to send to Locks of Love.
L. N. Cronk, 2008
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Chop Chop
Outrageously funny and completely original, Chop Chop by Simon Wroe is the story of a hapless young chef in the crazed world of the professional kitchen, featuring lust, revenge, neurosis and haute cuisine.
Simon Wroe, 2014
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Alone: Book Eight in the Chop, Chop Series
Greg and Laci make it a regular practice to grow their hair long so that they can chop it off and send it to Locks of Love.
L. N. Cronk, Amazon.com (Firm), 2013
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How to do a Liver Transplant: Stories from a surgical life
Up to this point, it has been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all about speed. We move like Edward Scissorhands, chop, chop, chop. This is the trickiest part – to move fast without cutting something you shouldn’t.
Kellee Slater, 2013
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Working with Shakespeare
The resulting 'dialogue' is at the furthest possible metrical remove from that preceding couplet, and a throwback to the nervy chop-chop between the Macbeths immediately after the murder of Duncan (II, ii, 16-18: eight 'speeches' in three lines) ...
Howard Mills, 1993
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East-West Montage: Reflections on Asian Bodies in Diaspora
throwback to the original Nazi and Chop Chop costumes, including the meat cleaver.6 Even the airplanes flying overhead have regressed to double-propeller planes of World War II vintage, whereas the 1950s and 60s Blackhawk pre- ferred ...
Sheng-mei Ma, 2007
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Tell Along Tales!: Playing with Participation Stories
Chippety, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop Chippety, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop [ Mime chopping, and the audience will join in the story chorus. Repeat the fun, hip rhythm.] Suddenly, the axe went flying, and the second-oldest son hurt himself.
Dianne de Las Casas, 2011
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True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent on ...
Chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop. No tiny fingers, No tiny toes The memory lingers but the digit goes In an Eastern Railway carriage, where the River Ganges flows There are Twenty Tiny Fingers and Twenty Tiny Toes.
David Roberts, 2002
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
143, 16th March 1948 chop-chop verb during the Korean war, to eat US, 1951 • Chop-chop in World War II meant hurry up, snap into it, get on the ball, etc. In Korea, chop chop is most natives' term for eat, and many GI's are picking it up.
Tom Dalzell, 2008
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Legacies of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders
1949, *Boswell — Compensate, by Reaping Reward Epigram, b.c. 1949, Flares — Hasty Bet, by Reigh Count Canadiana, b.f. 1950, Chop Chop — Iribelle, by " Osiris II Heroic Age, b.c. 1950, *Boswell — Sweet Pegotty, by Pilate Lively Action,  ...
Edward L. Bowen, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHOP CHOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chop chop is used in the context of the following news items.
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Robberies concern Seminole Heights establishments
Chop Chop Shop joins a slew of new businesses in an area being billed as Tampa's nouveau food and drink district: places like Jug and Bottle, ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
2
Who are Hollywood's hottest hunks?
If you can put Uncle Chop Chop out of your head, and think more Time Traveler's Wife, you'll be on the right track. He's one hunky Hulk. «Perth Now, Jul 15»
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Josh Emett And Mark Wallbank Join Al Brown on Masterchef
... The Blue Breeze Inn and Moochowchow - appear on the 2015 Metro Top 50 Restaurant list, and his Chop Chop Noodle House features in ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
Learn karate chop chop!
So the children have seen The Karate Kid and are chopping and kicking your house to pieces. Put their enthusiasm to good use by sending ... «Health24, Jul 15»
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Seminole Heights' Chop Chop Shop launches Saturday
On Saturday, the latest Asian-inspired food joint, Chop Chop Shop, will ... fresh Asian-inspired food concept when Chop Chop Shop opens 6 ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Jun 15»
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Fergusson and Healey among SoA award winners
... Emma Healey for Elizabeth is Missing (Viking), Zoe Pilger for Eat My Heart Out (Serpent's Tail), and Simon Wroe for Chop Chop (Viking). «The Bookseller, Jun 15»
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Competition is a cut above rest in the Bay
CHOP CHOP: Amanda Lavery from M>Phosis Hair competes in The Cut, at the NZARH Hairdressing Competition. PHOTO/DUNCAN BROWN. «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
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Scissors come out for Karen's locks this Sunday
CHOP CHOP: Mt Chalmers woman Karen Reedman is shaving her head on Sunday to raise money for breast cancer. Amy Haydock ROK ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jun 15»
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Chop Chop Chinaman lipstick vandal pleads guilty
Jeannie Harrell was arrested in February after she scrawled a lipstick message at the Lakeview restaurant Chop Chop Chinaman. She found ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
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Chop Chop Chinaman, restaurant that spurred vandalism case, closes
Chop Chop Chinaman, located at 3343 N. Halsted St., has been shuttered for the last several weeks. Its name contains what many consider an ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chop chop [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chop-chop>. Apr 2024 ».
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