n
(Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
n
(obsolete) Synonym of bone-grubber
v
(transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
n
(MLE, slang) knife, especially one used as a weapon.
n
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
adv
Alternative form of chop-chop [(slang) Quickly.]
n
(obsolete, countable, usually hyphenated) A logic chopper: one who makes confusing or specious arguments, especially arguments involving equivocation.
v
To cut apart a car in a chop shop, either to sell as parts or to alter its appearance.
v
(Singapore, informal) To reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
n
(rare) Synonym of choplet
n
(rare) A food product consisting of meat moulded into the form of a chop.
n
A situation in which someone or something is threatened with elimination.
n
(countable) An individual film of this kind.
n
Informal spelling of chopsticks.
adj
(of music) Characterized or demonstrating chops; very skillful.
n
(informal) A person whose car has been clamped
n
One who clouts or strikes.
n
Only used in killer diller
n
Someone who plays a frottoir (rubboard).
v
(idiomatic) To be eliminated from a competition.
v
(transitive) To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
n
Someone who stabs another with a knife.
v
To hit someone or something with a mace.
n
(X-Files fandom slang) A harsh and exacting beta-read.
v
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
n
Alternative form of poke (“cubed raw fish, marinated and seasoned”) [A prod, jab, or thrust.]
n
Alternative form of pork chop island [An intersection traffic control island which splits the flow of traffic in two, one to turn using the slip lanes, and one to go through or cross traffic lanes.]
v
(obsolete) To poke repeatedly.
v
(UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about; to delve into a hole in order to locate an animal.
n
Synonym of lingchi (execution method)
n
Alternative letter-case form of snag (“sensitive new age guy”) [A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.]
n
(UK, dialect) A chip; a slice or fragment.
n
(UK, dialect) The common snipe.
n
(especially dialectal, e.g. West Virginia, Lunenburg, chiefly in the plural) A slice of dried fruit.
v
(slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
v
(transitive) To split (an eel) along the back and then broil it.
n
(slang, television and film) An extension cord.
n
lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
n
A chopping motion with the forearm and open palm, performed as a celebration by sports fans.
n
(historical) A punishment whereby a hole or bore was made in someone's tongue.
v
To chop wood, especially as a sport.
n
(historical) The old custom of stoning a wren to death on St Stephen's Day.
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