See chop in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
clip1, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase
phrasal verb chop downTo bring down, as with a saw or ax:
cut (down), fell1, hew. See rise
noun
A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand:
box2, buffet, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. (Informal) clip1, spat. See attack, strike
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