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Derived from chops (“jaws, mouth”). Attested from 1854.
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Today it means: To loudly insult and subject to verbal abuse; to berate. Full definition →
Derived from chops (“jaws, mouth”). Attested from 1854.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.