English
Alternative spellings
chop chop
Etymology
From Chinese Pidgin English. See ''chopstick.
Interjection
chop-chop! audio|Chopchop.ogg|Audio (UK)

1. Used to order someone to do something quickly.

Translations
Finnish: hopi hopi, hop hop, mars mars

Noun
chop chop

1. AU colloquial tobacco|Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.

#: 2002: Major 'chop chop' seizure in Northern Queensland — w:Australian Taxation Office|Australian Taxation Office media release, 11 November 2002 ¹
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