Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See {Cheapen}, v. t.,
and cf. {Chap}, v. i., to buy.]
1. To barter or truck.
2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
We go on chopping and changing our friends.
--L'Estrange.
{To chop logic}, to dispute with an affected use of logical
terms; to argue sophistically.