Chopping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Chopping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of chop.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of chop.
More Meanings
- The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.
- Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
- (obsolete) stout; large; plump
Example Sentences
a chopping sea
Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child[…]
As soon as this danger was appreciated there followed a nervous smashing and chopping of triffids everywhere, until it occurred to someone that all that was necessary to make them harmless was the removal of the actual stinging weapon.
Word Forms
- choppings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cut, sliced, shredded, cutting, butchering, slashing.
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