chop

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. cut, mince; cleave, lop, hack, hew; strike. See disjunction.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To cut with an ax]

Syn. fell, hack, hew, whack; see cut 1 .

2. [To cut into small bits]

Syn. mince, dice, cube, cut up; see chip , cut 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

blow, whack, swipe, knock, *wallop, *plug, smack, hit.

II

v.

cut, hew, lop, hack, fell, split, cleave, slash, slice, dice, mince, rend, sever.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand: box2, buffet, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. Informal: clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: clip1, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See INCREASE.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To turn aside sharply from a straight course: cut, sheer1, skew, slue1, swerve, veer. Nautical: yaw. See CHANGE.