n. Act of cutting by strokes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chopping block,
Chopping knife,
a. [ Cf. Chubby. ] Stout or plump; large. [ Obs. ] Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Chop to barter. ] Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other;
a. Boorish; rude. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 3rd Hop. ] A gathering of hops. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hopping Dick (Zool.),
n. A corruption of Swan-upping. [ Eng. ] Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]