Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CHOPPING
ppr. Cutting; mincing; buying; bartering.
CHOPPING
a.Stout; lusty; plump.
CHOPPING
n. 1. A high-heeled shoe, worn by ladies in Italy. [See Chioppine. ]
2. A cutting; a mincing; from chop.
CHOPPING-BLOCK
n.A block on which any thing is laid to be chopped.
CHOPPING-KNIFE
n.A knife for mincing meat.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHOPPING
Chop "ping, a. Etym: [Cf. Chubby. ]
Defn: Stout or plump; large. [Obs. ] Fenton.
CHOPPING
Chop "ping, a. Etym: [See Chop to barter. ]
Defn: Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
CHOPPING
CHOPPING Chop "ping, n.
Defn: Act of cutting by strokes. 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
chopping block
chop ping block ▶noun a block for chopping something on, in particular: • a block for chopping wood. • a block for chopping food such as meat, vegetables, and herbs. • historical an executioner's block. PHRASES on the chopping block likely to be abolished or drastically reduced.
chopping board
chop |ping board ▶noun Brit. a board on which vegetables and other types of food are chopped.
Oxford Dictionary
chopping block
chop |ping block ▶noun a block for chopping wood or food. • historical an executioner's block. PHRASES on the chopping block likely to be abolished or drastically reduced.
chopping board
chop |ping board ▶noun Brit. a board on which vegetables and other types of food are chopped.
The Wordsmith Dictionary