as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone
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Recent Examples of chopper
In the fundamentals department, Gore made a heads-up play to grab Curtis Mead’s chopper back to the mound and run straight towards the runner on third base, LaMonte Wade Jr.
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Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
As for the smart fridges, rice makers, electric choppers and single-use juicers?
—Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
The Eagles strung together four consecutive hits, capped by Ty Mainolfi’s chopper down the third-base line going into left field for an RBI double before Nick Wang hit a three-run home run to left-center.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
For a couple of years in the late 1970s, Harley-Davidson made a café racer called the XLCR, which featured singular styling quite unlike the company's hefty choppers.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
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Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
As for the smart fridges, rice makers, electric choppers and single-use juicers?
—Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
The Eagles strung together four consecutive hits, capped by Ty Mainolfi’s chopper down the third-base line going into left field for an RBI double before Nick Wang hit a three-run home run to left-center.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
For a couple of years in the late 1970s, Harley-Davidson made a café racer called the XLCR, which featured singular styling quite unlike the company's hefty choppers.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopper
helicopter
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The helicopter was operated by Airborne Aviation, which does sightseeing tours of Kauai's canyons, shoreline and waterfalls.—
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The crash marks another tragedy in Hawaii’s sightseeing helicopter industry, which has recorded at least 16 deaths in the last seven years.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Chopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopper. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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