Etymology

not much chop

Today it means: Not very good; unimpressive; of poor quality. Full definition →

Hindi छाप
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The story

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromछाप“stamp”
  2. English todaynot much chop

From chop (“quality, class, a mark or stamp indicating this”), ultimately from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”).

Words from the same roots

Hindiछाप all →

chop

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.