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
   • Elijah Fenton

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