"chopsocky" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chopsockies [plural]
Etymology: Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine. Etymology templates: {{m|en|chop suey|gloss=stir-fried vegetable dish}} chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), {{m|en|chop||fighting blow}} chop (“fighting blow”), {{m|en|sock||punch}} sock (“punch”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chopsocky (countable and uncountable, plural chopsockies)
  1. (uncountable, film, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-chopsocky-en-noun-3Swx7qkJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (countable) An individual film of this kind. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-chopsocky-en-noun-IaM3461m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chop-socky

Inflected forms

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