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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One of a pair of slender sticks made especially of wood or ivory, held between the thumb and fingers and used as an eating utensil in Asian countries and in restaurants serving Asian food.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A (single) particular East Asian eating utensil, used in pairs and held in the hand, the utensil is a stick, usually made of wood, of approximately 23cm (~10") in length.
  2. n. ethnic slur an Asian person

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with

Etymologies

  1. From Chinese Pidgin English chop ("quick") (compare chop-chop) + stick. (Wiktionary)
  2. Pidgin English chop, quick (probably from Cantonese kap; akin to Mandarin ) + stick. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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