chopping

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of chop

noun

  1. The action by which something is chopped.

adj

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

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