chop-chop

chop-chop [chop-chop] Word Origin adverb

1. with haste; quickly.

Origin of chop-chop 1825–35; repetitive compound based on Chinese Pidgin English chop quick, of uncertain origin Related Words for chop chop rapid, agile, brisk, nimble, hot, quick, swift, careless, hurried, impulsive, urgent, sudden, abrupt, ill-advised, expeditious, reckless, rapidly, instantaneously, swiftly, speedily British Dictionary definitions for chop chop chop chop adverb

1. pidgin English for quicklySee quickly

Word Origin for chop chop C19: from Chinese dialect; related to Cantonese kap kap Word Origin and History for chop chop chop-chop adv.

“quickly,” Pidgin English, from Chinese k’wa-k’wa (see chopstick).

CHOP. A Chinese word signifying quality; first introduced by mariners in the Chinese trade, but which has now become common in all our seaports. [Bartlett, “Dictionary of Americanisms,” 1848]