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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 choppers
Slow choppers and things like that.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
As for the smart fridges, rice makers, electric choppers and single-use juicers?
—Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Simplify your cooking time with milk frother wands, miniature bag sealers, vegetable choppers, collapsible drying racks, and more.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 10 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
The 24-year-old traded two of his choppers for Olympic glory, and in so doing forever cemented himself in American hockey lore.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
These choppers fit together like puzzle pieces, allowing the animal to grind up tough, fibrous plants.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The new Constitution also meant that the Legislature would never again be able to block constitutional reforms as the pork choppers had.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
The rest of me is bundled into an expedition puffy and down snow pants, a pair of choppers that reach my elbows, a buff, fleece hat, and boots designed for the Arctic.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
As for the smart fridges, rice makers, electric choppers and single-use juicers?
—Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
Simplify your cooking time with milk frother wands, miniature bag sealers, vegetable choppers, collapsible drying racks, and more.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 10 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
The 24-year-old traded two of his choppers for Olympic glory, and in so doing forever cemented himself in American hockey lore.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
These choppers fit together like puzzle pieces, allowing the animal to grind up tough, fibrous plants.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The new Constitution also meant that the Legislature would never again be able to block constitutional reforms as the pork choppers had.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
The rest of me is bundled into an expedition puffy and down snow pants, a pair of choppers that reach my elbows, a buff, fleece hat, and boots designed for the Arctic.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choppers
helicopters
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The flight instructor had more than 800 hours in total of civilian flight experience and had flown 140 hours in helicopters similar to the one that crashed.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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They are being replaced by the Independence-class of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), which rely on unmanned systems and helicopters to find and destroy them.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Choppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choppers. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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