Chopping /(?)/

Chop·ping

Chopping

a.
  1. Stout or plump; large. [Obs.]

Chopping

a.
  1. Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.

Chopping

n.
  1. Act of cutting by strokes.

Phrases & Compounds
Chopping block
a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc.
Chopping knife
a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.