how to pronounce chopping

/ˈtʃɑːpɪŋ/

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chopping is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

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An example use of chopping in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… needed chopping on his family's farm …”

meanings of chopping

adjective:

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

verb:

Present participle of chop.

noun:

The action by which something is chopped.

chopping frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word chopping occurs in english on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics chopping can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chopping can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;