the various patterns that a musician plays, including basic scales. When blues musicians get together for jam sessions, players of the same instrument sometimes engage in musical duels in front of a rhythm section to see who has the "hottest chops" (plays best).

Slang term refering to a musicians skills on his or her instrument.

Ability to play an instrument. To have great chops is to be technically or stylistically profient on a musical instrument.

Jowls.

CHOPS, whose real name is Scott Jung, is a Philadelphia-based Asian American hip-hop producer and rapper. He is well-known for his production and his remixes especially on mixtapes.

see Tomahawks

The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.

The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

Jazz vernacular for skill, as in "That horn player has great chops."

A term for pieces of wood or soft metal used to protect work held in a vise. These are also known as "Clams".

Chops is an album by Euros Childs, released in February 2006.

Picture frame mouldings that are purchased already cut to size (chopped) by the moulding supplier for a specific frame. Chops often are more expensive per foot to buy than the same pattern purchased in length.