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▪ I. chop-chop, n.
An imitation of a natural sound.
1864Daily Tel. 19 Oct. The idle flapping of a sail or the ceaseless chop-chop of a boat at her moorings.
▪ II. chop-chop, adv. and int.|ˈtʃɒpˈtʃɒp|
[Pidgin-English, f. Chinese k'wâi-k'wâi.]
Quick, quickly; hurry up!
1834Canton Register 13 May 76/2 We have also..‘chop-chop hurry’. 1836Chinese Repository IV. 434 ‘More soon, more better; sendee chop-chop,’ I told him. 1909Daily Chron. 20 July 4/7 In pidgin English ‘chop-chop’ means ‘make haste’. 1946J. Irving Royal Navalese 52 Chop-Chop! In a hurry; Hurry up! |