English

Alternative forms

• chop chop

Interjection

chop-chop

1. Used to urge someone to do something quickly

Translations

Adverb

chop-chop ‎(not comparable)

1. (slang) Quickly.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 13:

     ‘And another beer! But cold this time, hear that, boy? Muchee coldee, and bring it chop chop.’

Noun

chop-chop ‎(uncountable)

1. (Australia, informal) Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.
   • 1944, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, Volume 265, page 30968,

     We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.

   • 2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.
   • 2007, Martin Hughes, The Slow Guide: Melbourne, unnumbered page,

     Attitudes to tobacco mean it′s virtually sold under the counter (and we′re not talking about ‘chop chop’).