ALL meanings of chopping
chop
C c - verb with object chopping to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often followed by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree. 1
- verb with object chopping to make or prepare for use by so cutting: to chop logs. 1
- verb with object chopping to cut in pieces; mince (often followed by up): to chop up an onion; to chop meat. 1
- verb with object chopping (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to hit (a ball) with a chop stroke. 1
- verb with object chopping to weed and thin out (growing cotton) with a hoe. 1
- verb with object chopping Fox Hunting. (of a hound or pack) to attack and kill (a fox that has not begun to run). 1
- verb without object chopping to turn, shift, or change suddenly: The wind chopped to the west. 1
- verb without object chopping to vacillate; change one's mind. 1
- verb without object chopping Obsolete. to barter. to bandy words; argue. 1
- noun chopping an act or instance of chopping. 1
- noun chopping a cutting blow. 1
- noun chopping Boxing. a short blow, especially a downward one, executed while in a clinch. 1
- noun chopping a piece chopped off. 1
- noun chopping an individual cut or portion of meat, as mutton, lamb, veal, or pork, usually one containing a rib. 1
- noun chopping crushed or ground grain used as animal feed. 1
- noun chopping a short, irregular, broken motion of waves; choppiness: There's too much chop for rowing today. 1
- noun chopping rough, turbulent water, as of a sea or lake. 1
- noun chopping (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a chop stroke. 1
- idioms chopping chop logic, to reason or dispute argumentatively; draw unnecessary distinctions. 1
- noun chopping Present participle of chop. 1
- noun chopping The action by which something is chopped. 0
- adjective chopping Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other. 0
- adjective chopping (Obsolete (No longer in use)) stout; large; plump. 0