Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Obsolete form of chop (“Asian seal used on documents”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, informal, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).
