To cut into pieces with short, forceful blows.

• To fell or sever with an axe or similar tool.

A small cut of meat, often with a rib.

A sharp downward blow with a hand or tool.

• A karate-style strike with the side of the hand.

Short, irregular, wind-driven waves; choppy water.

Informal, chiefly British: dismissal from a job.

Acronym: a chemotherapy regimen for certain non-Hodgkin lymphomas.