chop up
phrasal verb
chopped up; chopping up; chops up
: to cut (something) into small pieces
She chopped up the nuts and added them to the cookie dough.
He chopped the onion up for the stew.
Examples of chop up in a Sentence
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Much of Visions Out of Limelight was recorded with live instrumentation, though plenty of other instrumentals were chopped up and reassembled with a sampler.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Officials plan to clear the shipping channel by chopping up the bridge into smaller pieces that can be hoisted by floating cranes, including one with a lift capacity of 330 tons and another that can pull up 650 tons.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The Venezuelan producer rinses an athletic drum loop into a muscular double-time rhythm, chopping up a vocal sample into a heart-pumping cross-training session.
—Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
The recording team took a broad approach to sampling, chopping up, and manipulating tracks while blending in audio clips from horror films such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
—Adam Steiner, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2024
For instance, the Dawes Act of 1887 allowed the federal government to chop up the Band’s land and sell it to non-tribal citizens.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
Thanks to their versatile recipes, deviled eggs are super easy to chop up, slice, or mash into a spread.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2024
According to authorities, the suspect chopped up the artwork and sold it to local scrapyard Alco Iron & Metal Company, which then shipped off the remains the same day.
—Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
The native systems found in microbes usually bring a nuclease—a DNA-cleaving enzyme—to the sequence, to chop up the genetic material of a pathogen.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2023
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Officials plan to clear the shipping channel by chopping up the bridge into smaller pieces that can be hoisted by floating cranes, including one with a lift capacity of 330 tons and another that can pull up 650 tons.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The Venezuelan producer rinses an athletic drum loop into a muscular double-time rhythm, chopping up a vocal sample into a heart-pumping cross-training session.
—Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
The recording team took a broad approach to sampling, chopping up, and manipulating tracks while blending in audio clips from horror films such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
—Adam Steiner, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2024
For instance, the Dawes Act of 1887 allowed the federal government to chop up the Band’s land and sell it to non-tribal citizens.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
Thanks to their versatile recipes, deviled eggs are super easy to chop up, slice, or mash into a spread.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2024
According to authorities, the suspect chopped up the artwork and sold it to local scrapyard Alco Iron & Metal Company, which then shipped off the remains the same day.
—Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
The native systems found in microbes usually bring a nuclease—a DNA-cleaving enzyme—to the sequence, to chop up the genetic material of a pathogen.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2023
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“Chop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20up. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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