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chop-chop
adverb as in fast
adverb as in on the double
adverb as in quickly
Example Sentences
Some of the words now included in the OED, for example "sef", "chop-chop" and "gist", have derived their meaning from the way that Pidgin speakers use them.
He does screenplays at the same chop-chop pace.
In four or five chop-chop years, the mill town became “The Shingle Capital of the World,” and more often than not, it smelled like cedar.
I already hate this poxy little village, I don’t know why I even had the thought—Godric’s Hollow, Godless Hollow, more like, the place is clearly a hive of filth—go on, chop-chop.
Leroy also encounters a trio of Ebonics spouting Chinese Americans; one of them mocks him for his affectations by adopting an exaggerated Chinese dialect and telling him to “chop-chop out of this place!”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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