CHOPPING

CHOP

chop

(verb) hit sharply

chop, hack

(verb) cut with a hacking tool

chop, chop up

(verb) cut into pieces; “Chop wood”; “chop meat”

chop

(verb) strike sharply, as in some sports

chop

(verb) form or shape by chopping; “chop a hole in the ground”

chop

(verb) move suddenly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

chopping

present participle of chop

Noun

chopping (plural choppings)

The action by which something is chopped.

Adjective

chopping (comparative more chopping, superlative most chopping)

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

(obsolete) stout; large; plump

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Chop"ping, a. Etym: [Cf. Chubby.]

Definition: Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton.

Chop"ping, a. Etym: [See Chop to barter.]

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

Chop"ping, n.

Definition: Act of cutting by strokes. 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.

CHOP

Chop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] Etym: [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack.]

1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

2. To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak.

3. To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.] Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.

Chop, v. i.

1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. L'Estrange.

3. To interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer.

Chop, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.]

1. To barter or truck.

2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. We go on chopping and changing our friends. L'Estrange. To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.

Chop, v. i.

1. To purchase by way of truck.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon.

Chop, n.

Definition: A change; a vicissitude. Marryat.

Chop, v. t. & i.

Definition: To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chop, n.

1. The act of chopping; a stroke.

2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

3. A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Chop, n. Etym: [See Chap.]

1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.

2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Chop, n. Etym: [Chin. & Hind. chap stamp, brand.]

1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

2. A permit or clearance. Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.

– chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.

– Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.

– Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. S. W. Williams.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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