chop-chop

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  • The kit is within this unmarked base, so chop-chop. —  IGN Complete
  • You will arrive fine & dandy, sunseekers, just be patient with the ways of this relaxed & gentle culture -- which is not super "chop-chop" fast-paced like an American urban locale. —  "news" via big sleep in Google Reader
  • It was driving me crazy last weekend, so chop-chop. —  squeetus
  • All that has nothing to do with Zanu-PF but the courts. and i know you will say majudge ndee Zanu-PF, but that is nonsense too. talk about kuti nyaya itongwe chop-chop not nonsense dzamuri kutaura.
  • Make sure to order a side of the chop-chop eggplant with brown rice, sautéed in a spicy hoisin sauce. —  miami.com -
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  1. Pidgin English, reduplication of chop, quick; see chopstick.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Remotely imitative.
 

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/ˈtʃɑptʃɑp/
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