"chopping" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more chopping [comparative], most chopping [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} chopping (comparative more chopping, superlative most chopping)
  1. Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
    Sense id: en-chopping-en-adj-HWcsq1fM
  2. (obsolete) stout; large; plump Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chopping-en-adj-U3R3274B

Noun

Forms: choppings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} chopping (plural choppings)
  1. The action by which something is chopped. Derived forms: chopping mill, chopping stump
    Sense id: en-chopping-en-noun-008t26Wa

Verb

Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} chopping
  1. present participle and gerund of chop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: chop
    Sense id: en-chopping-en-verb-aLdN~173 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 4 8 59

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