chops
Britishplural noun
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the jaws or cheeks; jowls
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the mouth
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slang
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music embouchure
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jazz skill
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informal to anticipate with pleasure
Etymology
Origin of chops
C16: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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He set up his home-based takeaway, named Africana Chops, in 2022, after being incessantly asked by his St Lucian friends for Nigerian fare.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025
Other favorites were former country trio Rascal Flatts, Broadway composer and singer Lin Manuel Miranda and brass funk band Lucky Chops.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2023
Ms. Randall has been in Elizabeth Warren’s selfie line and saw John Delaney in a crowd of 22 people at Old 60 Steaks & Chops in Sheldon, Iowa.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2020
It might as well be calling me Ol’ Wonken Chops.
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2019
About that time I saw Chops get up and sneak away.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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