chop+logic
11chop-logic — …
12chop — Ⅰ. chop [1] ► VERB (chopped, chopping) 1) cut with repeated sharp, heavy blows of an axe or knife. 2) strike with a short, heavy blow. 3) ruthlessly abolish or reduce in size. ► NOUN 1) …
13chop — chop1 [chäp] vt. chopped, chopping [ME choppen, prob. < northern OFr choper, for OFr coper, to cut off (< VL * cuppare, to decapitate < * cuppum, skull < LL cuppa, CUP); infl. by couper, to strike (< coup, colp, a blow: see COUP)]… …
14Chop — Chop, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See {Cheapen}, v. t., and cf. {Chap}, v. i., to buy.] 1. To barter or truck. [1913 Webster] 2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. [1913 Webster] We go on chopping and changing our friends. L Estrange …
15chop — I. /tʃɒp / (say chop) verb (chopped, chopping) –verb (t) 1. to cut with a quick, heavy blow or series of blows, using an axe, etc. 2. to make by so cutting. 3. to cut in pieces. 4. Tennis, Cricket, etc. to hit (a ball) with a chop stroke. 5.… …
16chop — chop1 /chop/, v., chopped, chopping, n. v.t. 1. to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often fol. by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree. 2. to make or prepare for use by so cutting: to chop… …
17chop — {{11}}chop (1) to cut, mid 14c., perhaps from O.Fr. (Picard) choper (O.Fr. coper to cut, cut off, 12c., Mod.Fr. couper), from V.L. *cuppare to behead, from a root meaning head, but influenced in O.Fr. by couper to strike. Related: Chopped;… …
18chop — chop1 verb (chops, chopping, chopped) 1》 cut with repeated sharp, heavy blows of an axe or knife. ↘strike with a short, heavy blow. 2》 ruthlessly abolish or reduce in size. noun 1》 a downward cutting blow or movement. 2》 a thick slice of meat …
19chop — 1. v. & n. v.tr. (chopped, chopping) 1 (usu. foll. by off, down, etc.) cut or fell by a blow, usu. with an axe. 2 (often foll. by up) cut (esp. meat or vegetables) into small pieces. 3 strike (esp. a ball) with a short heavy edgewise blow. 4 Brit …
20logic chopper — noun A person who makes confusing or specious arguments, especially arguments involving equivocation. The picture we get of a pragmatic gradualist rather than a fierce logic chopper makes him a more human and understandable character. Syn: chop… …
