chops

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /t͡ʃɑps/
• (RP) IPA: /t͡ʃɒps/

Noun

1. plural form of chop
2. (slang) Jaws, mouth.
3. (plurale tantum, slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery (originally of jazz); musical performance ability.

   Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene.

4. (plurale tantum, informal) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.

   Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.

   • 2016, Christopher Duffy, Mohit,, Cameron Buchanan, Terry Ip, Andrew Mabbitt, Benjamin May, Dave Mound, Python: Penetration Testing for Developers, Packt Publishing Ltd (ISBN 9781787120976)

     If you're a Python guru, you can look for ideas to apply your craft to penetration testing, or if you are a newbie Pythonist with some penetration testing chops, then this module serves as a perfect ending to your search for some hands-on experience in pentesting.

5. (plurale tantum, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
6. (plurale tantum, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.

Verb

1. third-person singular form of chop

   He chops wood all day.

Verb

chops (chopses, present participle chopsing; past and past participle chopsed)

1. (slang, UK regional) To talk, chat; also, to talk back, to be cheeky.
   • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 92:

     There were two men stood talking to the girl behind the bar, just while she served them, and a couple in their twenties sitting chopsing in one corner, but nobody Mary Jane or Freddy knew.

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