1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chop.
2. (a.) Stout or plump; large.
3. (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
4. (n.) Act of cutting by strokes.
Thesaurus Entries
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