chop vs turn

chop

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

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

  • 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 cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. 

  • 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. 

turn

verb
  • Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. 

  • To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. 

  • To magically or divinely attack undead. 

  • To be nauseated; said of the stomach. 

  • To change the color of the leaves in the autumn. 

  • To sour or spoil; to go bad. 

  • To reach a certain age. 

  • To sicken; to nauseate. 

  • Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. 

  • To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc. 

  • To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds. 

  • To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated. 

  • To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt. 

  • To complete. 

  • To become (begin to be). 

  • To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. 

  • To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc. 

  • To make (money); turn a profit. 

  • Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. 

  • To navigate through a book or other printed material. 

  • To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation. 

  • To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle. 

  • Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. 

  • To change one's direction of travel. 

  • To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa. 

  • To become giddy; said of the head or brain. 

  • To undergo the process of turning on a lathe. 

  • To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe. 

  • To hinge; to depend. 

noun
  • The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em. 

  • A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others. 

  • A change in temperament or circumstance. 

  • A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again. 

  • One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players. 

  • A single loop of a coil. 

  • Character; personality; nature. 

  • A short skit, act, or routine. 

  • A fit or a period of giddiness. 

  • A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement. 

  • A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight). 

  • A pass behind or through an object. 

  • An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. 

  • A walk to and fro. 

  • A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule. 

  • The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices. 

  • A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice. 

  • A change of direction or orientation. 

  • A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. 

  • The time required to complete a project. 

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