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chopping off

chopping off is the present participle and gerund of chop off.

Meaning of chop off

Verb

chop off (third-person singular simple present chops off, present participle chopping off, simple past and past participle chopped off)

  1. (literally, transitive) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
    • They will chop off your head.
  2. (slang, transitive) To end (something); to finish (something).
    • When she found out what happened, she chopped off the engagement.

Questions about chopping off

What is chopping off the present participle and gerund of?
Chopping off is the present participle and gerund of chop off.

Words near chopping off in the dictionary

  1. chopping boards
  2. chopping down
  3. chopping it up
  4. chopping mill
  5. chopping mills
  6. chopping off
  7. chopping onions
  8. chopping out
  9. chopping stump
  10. chopping up
  11. chopping-board

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