chops
A side-cut of meat from below the spine — pork chops, lamb chops.
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Born ~1940 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Can't say i expected cycling to do so much. I'm happy enough with it though. Wish i had sorted my chops out way sooner. Ditching the booze and having some discipline is easily the best thing i ever did. Still not qu…
From the strip club to the page, Erin Louis built her storytelling chops in the most unlikely classroom. We dig into her grounded horror thriller and the real life that fuels every word. #ErinLouis #TheresNoGraveLikeH…
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Sksksksk I’m just in the middle of all this drama…crying pork chops like
Please make it about acting chops
Definitions
A side-cut of meat from below the spine — pork chops, lamb chops. Standard butchery English. The musical sense is metaphorical from this.
"Pork chops on the grill."
Comments
Cut of meat — pork chops, lamb chops. The musical sense extends from the older meat-related sense (cooking with skill).
“You have the comedic chops of a leather handbag and the vocabulary of a hockey puck. Get on my level or go home, Martha.”
"Pork chops for dinner."
“Please make it about acting chops”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You have the comedic chops of a leather handbag and the vocabulary of a hockey puck. Get on my level or go home, Martha.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Bear secretly dropped a Richie and Michael prequel episode on Hulu, because grief is the special of the day. Also the lamb chops. To die for. #thebear #tvsky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Remember when Fetterman was the darling of the far left? Idk guys maybe electing contrarians with no real policy chops is a bad idea.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm an eepy and achy man today but I did get some boneless pork chops from a neighbor who also gave the pup some dehydrated pig ears so +10 mood”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Technical skill on an instrument; by extension, expertise of any kind. "Strong chops" = highly skilled.
“From the strip club to the page, Erin Louis built her storytelling chops in the most unlikely classroom. We dig into her grounded horror thriller and the real life that fuels every word. #ErinLouis #TheresNoGraveLikeHome #TheDarkMindPodcast #HorrorFiction #DarkLiterature”
“It's Forest server's time to show off their party planner chops. I had probably the greatest birthday ever and all these cool designs sure contributed to that! #horse #horses #horsegenetics #horsegame #digitalart #horseart”
"His sax chops are next-level."
Chops means: Technical skill on an instrument; by extension, expertise of any kind. "Strong chops" = highly skilled.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
chops means: Technical skill on an instrument; by extension, expertise of any kind. "Strong chops" = highly skilled.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Can't say i expected cycling to do so much. I'm happy enough with it though. Wish i had sorted my chops out way sooner. Ditching the booze and having some discipline is easily the best thing i ever did. Still not quite 100% with some injuries, but better than the latter.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“From the strip club to the page, Erin Louis built her storytelling chops in the most unlikely classroom. We dig into her grounded horror thriller and the real life that fuels every word. #ErinLouis #TheresNoGraveLikeHome #TheDarkMindPodcast #HorrorFiction #DarkLiterature”
— Bluesky· May 2026“EZ Kut G2 Tree Trimmer Ratcheting Branch Cutter. Heavy Duty Branch Cutter. 42 inch Extendable Anvil Hand Loppers. Tree Pruner Trusted Since 1988. Chops Thick Branches with Ease. #tree-trimming #loppers #pruning #EZKut #branch-cutter #power-pruning”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sksksksk I’m just in the middle of all this drama…crying pork chops like”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's Forest server's time to show off their party planner chops. I had probably the greatest birthday ever and all these cool designs sure contributed to that! #horse #horses #horsegenetics #horsegame #digitalart #horseart”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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