What is "chop up"

vb. 1 (context transitive of meat, flesh, corpses English) to cut or chop in order to separate 2 (context transitive English) to separate, divide something that was considered whole 3 # (context music English) To convert a sampled audio file into short segments 4 (context transitive English) to cause a body of water to become choppy 5 (context transitive obsolete English) to seize or devour greedily

v. cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" [syn: chop]