chopper

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noun

chop·​per ˈchä-pər How to pronounce chopper (audio)
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: one that chops
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choppers plural, slang : teeth
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: a device that interrupts an electric current or a beam of radiation (such as light) at short regular intervals
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: a high-bouncing batted baseball
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: a customized motorcycle
specifically : one that has the front wheel forward of the handlebars

chopper

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verb

choppered; choppering; choppers

Examples of chopper in a Sentence

Noun The sound of choppers filled the sky. army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Lux fielded a Nicky Lopez routine chopper in the third inning and a Yoan Moncada grounder in the fourth inning cleanly Wednesday, but both of his throws to first were in the dirt. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 If the virtual chopper isn’t immersive enough, Xbox is bringing two life-size Ornithopter gaming simulators to the London MicrosoftExperience Center starting Feb. 16 and the New York Microsoft Experience Center starting Feb. 26. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024 Shoppers can also snap up small appliances like coffee makers, air fryers, vegetable choppers, and slow cookers. Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023 Such uses came under scrutiny by department officials in 2014 after a police chopper dropped scores of golf balls onto a golf course as part of a fundraiser. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 The agency launched the little four-pound chopper in July 2020, with Ingenuity hitchhiking to Mars in the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024 Some hand blenders move even more into the territory of other tools, offering interchangeable blades or attachments such as whisks and choppers. Becky Krystal, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2024 At least seven people were on board the chopper, according to David Jephson, an executive at Terrace Search and Rescue, a local volunteer rescue group. Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
Verb
In the morning, Peggy and another Donut would don their light blue outfits, board a helicopter and chopper to a firebase. John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 In a move befitting a goddamn movie star, Pugh will chopper fly in to Venice just in time to gag everyone on the red carpet. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2022 Trump walks to chopper, does not make comments: President Trump boarded Marine 1 on the south grounds of the White House Friday evening without stopping to talk to reporters. Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 16 Oct. 2020 Fort Bragg, North Carolina — Master Sergeant Matthew Williams and his team of green berets choppered into a remote Afghan valley in the spring of 2008. David Martin, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2019 Something similar is true too of every worker who has ever choppered or trudged or driven into infectious hot zones to fight Zika or SARS or MERS or any other emerging diseases. Time, 8 Feb. 2020 Bolton was conspicuous in his absence when Trump and Pompeo choppered up to the demilitarized zone dividing the Koreas. Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 1 July 2019 Last June, a 21-year-old woman and an Alaska husky were choppered out from near the Eagle River after the woman became cold and suffered injuries while hiking. Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2019 Trump climbed out, said a few words with Pence, and then retreated to his private helicopter, also bearing his name, and choppered off for the city proper. Longreads, 31 Oct. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chopper was in 1552

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Cite this Entry

“Chopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chopper. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

chopper

noun
chop·​per
ˈchäp-ər
1
: one that chops
2

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