CHOPPING, participle present tense Cutting; mincing; buying; bartering. CHOPPING, adjective Stout; lusty; plump. CHOPPING, noun 1. A high-heeled shoe, worn by ladies in Italy. [See Chioppine.] 2. A cutting; a mincing; from chop.
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