Meaning
A chopping blade used as a weapon — a machete or cutlass in the hands of someone ready to use it, or, in harder gun-talk, a firearm. Documented for comprehension; belongs to violent street/badman vocabulary. (Also literally a tool for chopping bush or wood.)
Examples
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It names a machete or weapon in street talk.
It names a machete or weapon in street talk.
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It appears in dancehall badman lyrics.
It appears in dancehall badman lyrics.
Origin
From 'chop' plus '-a'; a chopping weapon (machete), and in gun-talk a firearm.
How it’s used
Documentation only. A machete/weapon (or gun in hard talk). Compare 'ratchet', 'skeng', 'machete'.