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View synonyms for chops

chops

/ tʃɒps /

plural noun

  1. the jaws or cheeks; jowls
  2. the mouth
  3. slang.
    1. music embouchure
    2. jazz skill
  4. lick one's chops informal.
    to anticipate with pleasure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chops1

C16: of uncertain origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see break one's ass (chops) ; lick one's chops .
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Example Sentences

As for Ylfa, a newly concocted character, she exists just to squeeze a talent of Collette’s caliber and comedic chops into the plot.

The problem is Musk is trying to play Tony Stark when he’s actually Loki — and he hasn’t got the chops for either role.

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After some gruesome deaths gut their lives, Hal chops up the cursed toy and the brothers grow up estranged.

Upon stepping into the clubhouse, Steinbrenner was repulsed by the long hair, mutton chops and flowing mustaches then associated with hippies and the anti-establishment movement.

If the state wants to maintain its upwardly mobile chops, it must refashion its housing policies.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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