"chop off" meaning in English

See chop off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: chops off [present, singular, third-person], chopping off [participle, present], chopped off [participle, past], chopped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chop off (third-person singular simple present chops off, present participle chopping off, simple past and past participle chopped off)
  1. (transitive, literally) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping. Tags: literally, transitive Translations (to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever): hugge (Danish), hakken (Dutch), haki (Esperanto), høgga (Faroese), hakata (irti) (Finnish), tallar (Galician), ჩეხა (čexa) (Georgian), abhacken (German), κόβω (kóvo) (Greek), τέμνω (témno) (Greek), 베다 (beda) (Korean), tokitoki (Maori), talhar (Portuguese), cortar (Spanish), cercenar (Spanish), escindir (Spanish), truncar (Spanish), esñocar (Americanism) (Spanish), kaut- (Tocharian B), bác (Tày), hẳm (Tày), chặt (Vietnamese), chém (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-chop_off-en-verb-pmop2dBh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever': 93 7
  2. (transitive, slang) To end (something); to finish (something). Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-chop_off-en-verb-z67pPE7F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Tày translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Tày translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 38 62

Inflected forms

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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "hugge"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "hakken"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "haki"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "høgga"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "hakata (irti)"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "tallar"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "ჩეხა"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "abhacken"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "κόβω"
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      "word": "τέμνω"
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      "roman": "beda",
      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "베다"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "tokitoki"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "talhar"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
      "word": "cortar"
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      "word": "cercenar"
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      "word": "hẳm"
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
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      "sense": "to sever by chopping — see also cut off, sever",
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