chops
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑps/
The English word “chops” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- Jaws, lips, mouth.
- One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
- One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
- The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
- A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
- Food.
Etymology
From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.
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