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

• chopping mill
• chopping stump

 

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 […]