Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chopping

Chopping , adjective

[Compare Chubby.]

Stout or plump; large. [Obsolete] — Fenton

Chopping , adjective

[See Chop to barter.]

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

Chopping , noun

Act of cutting by strokes.
Collocations (2)
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.