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chop-chop
[ chop-chop ]
adverb
- with haste; quickly.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chop-chop1
1825–35; repetitive compound based on Chinese Pidgin English chop quick, of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chop-chop1
C19: from Chinese dialect; related to Cantonese kap kap
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Example Sentences
Talent does not understand such a process; it is mechanical, unvarying, chop-chop, day in and day out.
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Chop-chop—as the good yellow man might be tempted to say if he came upon this specimen of white wisdom.
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When a cooly is sent on an errand requiring haste, he is told to go 'chop-chop.'
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You go back to missy and tell her it's all right and will she come chop-chop.
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You go chop-chop to the toy shop opposite and buy them some toys.
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