chopping
verbnounadjectiveattested in dialogue
The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.
verb
- 1
Also a form of choppresent participle and gerund of chop
noun
- 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.
adjective
- 1
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
a chopping sea
- 2
obsoletestout; large; plump
Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child[…]
Forms
- plural
- choppings
- comparative
- more chopping
- superlative
- most chopping
chopping · The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.
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