The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CHOP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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H
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P
More clues leading to the result CHOP
- Hack Charlie’s first dance
- Cut some French opals
- Cut policeman seen around hospital
- Policeman eating horse meat slice
- Cut doubled, quickly
- Composer drops in for meat slice
- Quick couple of hacks
- Composer dropped in for a bite to eat
- Composer drops in for mutton slice
- Part of pig — one, some say, that keeps hot
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What does CHOP mean?
CHOP noun- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
- A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- (with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- A woodchopping competition.
- A crack or cleft; a chap.
- To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- To give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- To interrupt; with in or out.
- (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- To exchange, to barter; to swap.
- To chap or crack.
- To vary or shift suddenly.
- To twist words.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- A license or passport that has been sealed.
- A complete shipment.
- An IRC channel operator.