chop

chop
chop
A n
1 (blow with axe, tool, hand) coup m ; to cut sth off with one chop trancher qch d'un seul coup ;
2 Culin côtelette f ; pork chop côtelette f de porc ;
3 GB fig (axe) to get the chop [person] se faire sacquer ; [scheme, service, programme] être supprimé ; he's afraid of the chop il a peur de se faire sacquer ;
4 (in table tennis) revers m coupé.
B chops npl gueule f ; a slap across the chops une baffe dans la gueule ; to lick one's chops (at food) se lécher les babines ; (at idea) se frotter les mains.
C vtr (p prés etc -pp-)
1 (cut up) couper [wood, log] ; couper, émincer [vegetable, meat] ; hacher [parsley, onion] ; to chop sth into cubes/rounds couper qch en cubes/rondelles ; to chop sth to pieces ou bits couper qch en morceaux ; to chop sth finely hacher qch ;
2 fig (cut, reduce) réduire [service, deficit, subsidy] ; (cut out) couper [quote, footage] ;
3 Sport (give chopping blow to) frapper [qn] du tranchant de la main [person] ; couper [ball].
D chopped pp adj [parsley, nuts, meat] haché.
Idioms
chop chop ! GB et que ça saute ! ; to chop and change [person] changer d'avis comme de chemise ; [situation] évoluer par à-coups.
Phrasal verbs
chop down :
chop down [sth], chop [sth] down abattre.
chop off :
chop off [sth], chop [sth] off couper [branch, end] ; trancher [head, hand, finger].
chop through :
chop through [sth] trancher [bone, cable] ; to chop one's way through se frayer un passage à la hache à travers [undergrowth, forest].
chop up :
chop up [sth], chop [sth] up couper [wood, log] ; émincer [meat, onion] (into en).

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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