Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stout; lusty; plump; bouncing.
- Running in short, irregular, broken, and interrupted waves, such as those caused by the wind blowing in a direction opposite to that of a strong current, or by the combination of different systems of waves: as, a chopping sea. Also
choppy . - noun A corruption of chopine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of cutting by strokes.
- noun a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc.
- noun a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.
- adjective Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
- adjective obsolete Stout or plump; large.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
chop . - noun The action by which something is
chopped .
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Examples
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"Charles hasn't been to Oxford for nothing," said his mother, laughing and looking at Mary; "this is what I call chopping logic!"
Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert John Henry Newman 1845
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Who did they get to fill in chopping the thyme at Coal!?
'Melrose Place' recap: Auggie skips town, Ella's heart skips a beat | EW.com 2009
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Added to their troubles was driving snow; also, the freezing of the water on their oar-blades kept one man occupied in chopping it off with a hatchet.
THE MEAT 2010
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There were still several hours of grey daylight and sombre twilight, and he utilised them in chopping an enormous supply of fire-wood.
The Hunger Cry 2010
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They were ruined, when they were required to send labouring children to school; they were ruined, when inspectors were appointed to look into their works; they were ruined, when such inspectors considered it doubtful whether they were quite justified in chopping people up with their machinery; they were utterly undone, when it was hinted that perhaps they need not always make quite so much smoke.
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Add the ground meat and the milk, and begin chopping the meat into the milk until it all begins to fall apart and brown.
Tigers & Strawberries » Keema Sookh: North Indian Home Cooking 2005
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Head chopping is just an old family custom with the Cromwells anyhow.
The Issues At Stake 1940
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The only three requisites for making really great salsas are truly fresh ingredients, patience in chopping the ingredients into small pieces (coarse chopping just won't do) and allowing time for the flavors to blend (always cover them well to keep the flavors in).
New types of salsas--Vicky Cowal " "Las Mejores Recetas de Vicky" 1919
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Added to their troubles was driving snow; also, the freezing of the water on their oar-blades kept one man occupied in chopping it off with a hatchet.
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There were still several hours of gray daylight and sombre twilight, and he utilized them in chopping an enormous supply of firewood.
The Hunger Cry 1906
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