chopped

[chopt]

adjective

1. diced, minced, or cut into small bits.

2. (of an automobile) streamlined; lowered.

Other Word Forms

• unchopped adjective
• well-chopped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chopped¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

She also mixes crumbled bacon and a few drops of black truffle oil to the dish before baking it with a thick layer of freshly chopped bread crumbs.

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It’s made with finely chopped cranberries and California Valencia oranges that are both sweetened with cane sugar.

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Oli died in hospital six days after he choked on chopped pasta at the Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford, Kent.

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Its broad surface allowed me to smash garlic and ginger and let me transfer chopped food quickly from the cutting board to a pot.

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Songs like “No Good Deed” and “March of the Witch Hunters” are chopped up and rearranged to allow for more dialogue and less emoting, distending the film into a bloated heap.

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Related Words

• cleave 
• cube 
• divide 
• hack 
• mince 
• slash 
• whack