Chopping

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of chop form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.

    "a chopping sea"

  2. 2
    stout; large; plump obsolete

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

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amputationcleavagecuttingdichotomyexcisionfission

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"Tears came into my eyes when I was chopping onions."

Related phrases

chopping millchopping stump

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