Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chopping

/tʃˈɑpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: chop-ping
IPA: /tʃˈɑpɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chop

noun

The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.

adj

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

adj

stout; large; plump

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"As soon as this danger was appreciated there followed a nervous smashing and chopping of triffids everywhere, until it occurred to someone that all that was necessary to make them harmless was the removal of the actual stinging weapon."
"a chopping sea"
"Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child[…]"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

choppings (plural) more chopping (comparative) most chopping (superlative)

Phrases

chopping mill chopping stump logic-chopping

Rhymes With

shopping dropping stopping popping topping hopping swapping whopping cropping flopping propping mopping

Questions

How do you pronounce chopping?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈɑpɪŋ/.
What does chopping mean?: present participle and gerund of chop

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