Chopping

n. piece of meat that has been chopped off containing a bone (particularly rib); chopping action or stroke; ball that is hit to roll on the ground but bounces high in the air (Sports); short downward stroke (in Tennis); short sharp blow (in boxing, karate)

adj. cutting

v. cut (as with an axe); cut down; cut into pieces, mince

In hip hop music sampling, chopping is the "altering [of] a sampled phrase [or break] by dividing it into smaller segments and reconfiguring them in a different order." (Schloss 2004, p.106)
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Noun
1. a small cut of meat including part of a rib
(hypernym) cut, cut of meat
(hyponym) mutton chop
(derivation) chop up
2. a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
(synonym) chop shot
(hypernym) return
3. a grounder that bounces high in the air
(synonym) chopper
(hypernym) grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper
Verb
1. cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
(synonym) chop up
(hypernym) cut
(hyponym) hash
2. move suddenly
(hypernym) move
3. strike sharply, as in some sports
(hypernym) strike
(derivation) chop shot
4. cut with a hacking tool
(synonym) hack
(hypernym) cut
(hyponym) axe, ax
(see-also) chop down
(derivation) chopper, pearly
5. hit sharply
(hypernym) strike, hit

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Chop
  

(n.)
Act of cutting by strokes.
  

(a.)
Stout or plump; large.
  

(a.)
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
  

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A code generator by Alan L. Wendt wendt@CS.ColoState.EDU for the lcc C compiler front end. Version 0.6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hanson's lcc front end. The result is a C compiler with good code selection but no global optimisation. Chop can currently compile and run small test programs on the VAX. The NS32k and 68000 code generators are being upgraded for lcc compatibility.
ftp://beethoven.cs.colostate.edu/pub/chop/0.6.tar.Z.
["Fast Code Generation Using Automatically-Generated Decision Trees", ACM SIGPLAN '90 PLDI].
(1993-04-28)