chops
Example Sentences
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Machines strip the insulation material off the copper, then use blades to chop and shred it into granules a few millimeters long, sometimes known as ‘copper chops.’
Perhaps Steyer will display the policy chops or the razzle and dazzle they all lacked.
From Los Angeles Times
He said Wall Street “would be licking their chops and delighted to give us the capital.”
From Barron's
During the pandemic, Benante had worked with Harvey on covers of songs by Tom Petty and Massive Attack, so he knew she had the chops to sing in a variety of styles.
From Los Angeles Times
Another early highlight, Reliquia, chops and splices a chamber quartet into unrecognisable electronic patterns, as Rosalía reconciles herself to the idea that she loves too hard, and locates the beauty in that vulnerability.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.