Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chopped

/t͡ʃɑpt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: chopped
IPA: /t͡ʃɑpt/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cut or diced into small pieces.

adj

Ground, having been processed by grinding.

adj

Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.

Slang

adj

Slang

adj

Fired from a job or cut from a team or training program; having got the chop.

Slang

adj

Ugly or unattractive.

Derogatory

verb

simple past and past participle of chop

Example Sentences

"Brown meat with chopped onions, chopped or ground garlic, chopped celery, and chopped bell pepper."
"He later bought a '33 Ford coupe, chopped and channeled it and installed a Mercury engine."

Etymology

Equivalent to chop + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chop

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /t͡ʃɑpt/
British English: /t͡ʃɒpt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more chopped (comparative) most chopped (superlative)

Derived Forms

choppelganger chuzz prechopped unchopped

Phrases

chipped chopped ham chopped and screwed chopped beef chopped liver chopped logic chopped shyt

Synonyms

shredded sliced

Rhymes With

stopped dropped adopt topped opt co-opt popped cropped swapped hopped photoshopped propped

Questions

How do you pronounce chopped?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃɑpt/.
What does chopped mean?: Cut or diced into small pieces.
Where does chopped come from?: Equivalent to chop + -ed.

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