chop vs slice

chop

verb
  • To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. 

  • To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax. 

  • To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce. 

  • To vary or shift suddenly. 

  • To remove the final character from (a text string). 

  • To interrupt; with in or out. 

  • to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand. 

  • To stab. 

  • To converse, discuss, or speak with another. 

  • To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity. 

  • To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. 

  • To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. 

  • To sever with an axe or similar implement. 

  • To seal a license or passport. 

  • To chap or crack. 

noun
  • A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice. 

  • A complete shipment. 

  • A license or passport that has been sealed. 

  • The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted. 

  • A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil. 

  • A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them. 

  • A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods. 

  • Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long. 

  • A woodchopping competition. 

  • A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. 

  • Termination, especially from employment; the sack. 

  • A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. 

  • A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand. 

  • A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude. 

  • A jaw of an animal. 

  • An IRC channel operator. 

  • The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel. 

slice

verb
  • To cut into slices. 

  • To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high. 

  • To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player). 

  • To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion. 

  • To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke. 

  • To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar. 

  • To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce. 

  • To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards. 

adj
  • Having the properties of a slice knot. 

noun
  • A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.) 

  • A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle. 

  • A contiguous portion of an array. 

  • A removable sliding bottom to a galley. 

  • A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling. 

  • That which is thin and broad. 

  • One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. 

  • A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw 

  • A thin, broad piece cut off. 

  • A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray. 

  • Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices. 

  • A salver, platter, or tray. 

  • A broad, thin piece of plaster. 

  • An amount of anything. 

  • A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. 

  • A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. 

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