chopping

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

VerbEdit

chopping

1. present participle of chop

NounEdit

chopping ‎(plural choppings)

1. The action by which something is chopped.

AdjectiveEdit

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
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     Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child […]