5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
noun a small cut of meat including part of a rib
noun a jaw
originFrom the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0