Chops is slang for the jaws or mouth. Trumpet players need to have strong jaws if they want to become better players, so people used to say that you couldn't become a great trumpet player if you didn't have the chops for it. Later the expression came to mean the ability to play any instrument, not just the trumpet.
: to criticize someone in a playful way : tease My brother likes to bust my chops.
It means earn your good reputation. It is not gaining ability -- it is using your ability.
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The word "chopper" can simply be used for any rapper that uses a fast-paced style in his or her lyrics. The word is also used as a verb, as in "chopping" or "to chop", in describing the action of rapping at high speeds.
"Chopping the top" goes back to the early days of hot rodding and is an attempt to reduce the frontal profile of a car and increase its speed potential. To chop a roof, the pillars and windows are cut down, lowering the overall roofline. This sort of bodywork is also popular on custom cars, kustoms, and leadsleds.
The word “chops” is used to describe a musician's level of technique in terms of the ability to execute music physically on a particular musical instrument (and to negotiate chord changes). An example would be the lightning-fast technique of a guitar player.
Speakers of English say “chop-chop” when they want someone to hurry up. The term is often directed at children and inferiors, and may be accompanied with a clap of the hands to underscore the urgency of the situation, and a desire to see the command obeyed promptly.
chop verb [T] (CUT)to cut something into pieces with a sharp tool, such as an ax: Cal went out to chop some wood for the fireplace. To chop something off is to separate it from what it was part of by cutting: Chop the ends off the carrots.
The nearest meaning of Chop is to cut up something.Chop means to cut an item into severe pieces repeatedly by a sharp object. For example - The chef chopped the onions. The words having nearest meaning to chop include - cut, mince, dice or axed.
To "chop my hair off" means to cut badly and quickly. "I got a very bad haircut. He didn't cut my hair, he just chopped it off."
This expression is often thought to allude to the spluttering noise of a pork chop that is being fried. However it is probably a variant of the older expression like a pork chop in a synagogue, meaning something that is unpopular, unlikely, or rare (with reference to the Jewish prohibition of the eating of pork).
(Chop Chop Roll) Scallop and masago mixed with Japanese mayo wrapped with sushi rice.
informal. Quickly, without delay; = "in quick sticks".
