plural of karate chop

A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc. / (historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.

(obsolete) A ship's port clearance.

(historical) A silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.

plural of chopping block

A technique of remixing hip-hop music by reducing the tempo and then modifying the track by skipping beats, record scratching, etc.

(baseball) A ball hit forcefully into the ground near home plate, producing a bounce high above the head of a fielder; technique that was intentionally employed during the dead-ball era of Major League Baseball, but today occurs infrequently and usually unintentionally

plural of Baltimore chop

Alternative form of chop shop

To cut apart a car in a chop shop, either to sell as parts or to alter its appearance. / (by analogy) To cut something apart and restructure it.