Dictionary entry

Chop (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chop, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.] 1. To barter or truck.

2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

We go on chopping and changing our friends.

L'Estrange.

To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.