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.