Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chope

/t͡ʃəʊp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: chope
IPA: /t͡ʃəʊp/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.

Informal; Transitive verb

noun

Obsolete form of chop (“Asian seal used on documents”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Place a packet of tissues on a table and people will assume it is taken by someone in an act referred to as chope. Others may chope their table with a bag, knowing."

Etymology

From Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: chup, चुप

Usage

Inflected Forms

chopes (present, singular) choping (participle, present) choped (participle, past) choped (past) chopes (plural)

Rhymes With

hope pope nope scope soap rope cope dope slope trope forlorn hope lop

Questions

How do you pronounce chope?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃəʊp/.
What does chope mean?: To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
Where does chope come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce chope

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