# chopped

Pronunciation: say "CHOPT" US /t͡ʃɑpt/, UK /t͡ʃɒpt/

## Adjective

1. Reduced to small bits with a knife or other blade, whether roughly or in neat cubes.
   - Simple: Cut into small pieces with a knife.
   - _Stir the chopped garlic into the pan once the oil is hot._
   - _A scattering of chopped walnuts gave the cake a pleasant crunch._
3. Reduced to small particles by grinding rather than by being cut by hand.
   - Simple: Cut up very small by grinding, like ground meat.
   - _The deli grinds fresh chopped beef for its meatballs every morning._
   - _He pressed the chopped pork into a dense loaf before baking._
4. Fired from a job, or cut from a team or training program. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Fired from a job, or dropped from a team or program.
   - _After the merger, half the marketing department got chopped._
   - _He was chopped from the squad after missing two weeks of training._
5. High from the effects of recreational drugs. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Feeling high from taking drugs.
   - _By midnight half the crowd was chopped and barely standing._
   - _He showed up chopped and couldn't string a sentence together._
6. Ugly, used as a derogatory insult. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude word meaning ugly.
   - _She said the outfit was straight-up chopped._
   - _The whole group laughed and called the mask chopped._
7. Having its roofline lowered by horizontal trimming, reducing the vehicle's overall height. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Made shorter by cutting down the roof, as with a car.
   - _He drove a chopped hot rod with a roofline barely above the windows._
   - _The chopped coupe sat low and sleek among the other show cars._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of chop. — simple past and past participle of chop
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of chop. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The chef chopped the herbs finely before adding them to the broth._
   - _They chopped down the old oak that had been leaning over the shed._

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