Added 9 October 2026
chop-chop
adverb
adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about chop-chop at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.
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