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: one that chops
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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
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: one that has the front wheel forward of the handlebars
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
Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The choppers are based at Marathon International Airport and Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island in the Lower Keys.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Both raids were captured live by news choppers overhead.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
The unauthorized helicopter landing is attracting attention; video of the flight shows a fight breaking out on the ground as the chopper lifts off.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Once the chopper was airborne, Ms. Dugdale and IRA foot soldier Eddie Gallagher demanded that the pilot land.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Rescue operation While searching for the swimmer, a Coast Guard rescue chopper located the man in the water about 100 yards offshore, reported KHON2.
—USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
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
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
Noun
Heading back to the choppers, Finger was frustrated.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The choppers are based at Marathon International Airport and Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island in the Lower Keys.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Both raids were captured live by news choppers overhead.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
The unauthorized helicopter landing is attracting attention; video of the flight shows a fight breaking out on the ground as the chopper lifts off.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Once the chopper was airborne, Ms. Dugdale and IRA foot soldier Eddie Gallagher demanded that the pilot land.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Rescue operation While searching for the swimmer, a Coast Guard rescue chopper located the man in the water about 100 yards offshore, reported KHON2.
—USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
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
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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chopper
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chop·per
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: one that chops
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