chopping

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

chopping

  1. present participle and gerund of chop

Noun

chopping (plural choppings)

  1. The action by which something is chopped.

Derived terms

Adjective

chopping (comparative more chopping, superlative most chopping)

  1. Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
    a chopping sea
  2. (obsolete) stout; large; plump
    • a. 1730, Elijah Fenton, The Widow's Wile:
      Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child […]
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