Used to urge someone to do something quickly.
(Singapore) chop-chop kalipok
Quickly.
"Well, more soon, more better; sendee chop chop," I told him.
Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.
We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.
From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.
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