chopper

[ chop-er ]

/ ˈtʃɒp ər /

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noun

a person or thing that chops.

a short ax with a large blade, used for cutting up meat, fish, etc.; butcher's cleaver.

a prehistoric implement made by striking flakes off one or both sides of a stone, considered the oldest known worked stone tool.

choppers, Slang. the teeth.

Informal. a helicopter.

Slang. a motorcycle.

a device for interrupting an electric current or a beam of light at regular intervals.

verb (used without object)

Informal.

to travel by helicopter: We choppered into midtown from the airport.
to travel by motorcycle.

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Origin of chopper

1545–55; 1950–55 for def. 5; chop¹ + -er¹

Words nearby chopper

choplogic, chop mark, chopped, chopped liver, chopped steak, chopper, chopper tool, chopping block, choppy, chops, chop shop

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How to use chopper in a sentence

Meanwhile, a chopper called the MH-65, or Dolphin, is smaller than the 60.
What it’s like to rescue someone at sea from a Coast Guard helicopter|Rob Verger|July 20, 2021|Popular-Science
From that location alone, the Coast Guard says they’ve used aircraft to save more than 200 lives over the past three years—either via a chopper, like the MH-60T Jayhawk we dropped Judin from, or a fixed-wing airplane known as the Casa.
What it’s like to rescue someone at sea from a Coast Guard helicopter|Rob Verger|July 20, 2021|Popular-Science
Planes dropped three juggernaut armor crates onto the field to aid the living, while gunship choppers hovered overhead firing at zombies.
‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ finally nukes Verdansk map|Mike Hume|April 21, 2021|Washington Post
In order to generate enough lift, the chopper features two 4-foot-long carbon-fiber blades that spin at roughly 2,400 rpm on counter-rotating motors—about eight times faster than the blades spin on a standard helicopter on Earth.
NASA’s Mars helicopter may soon be the first to fly on another planet|Paola Rosa-Aquino|January 29, 2021|Popular-Science

A quick refresher on the crashThe chopper was carrying the group roughly 90 miles from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport near Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy, where Gianna and two of her teammates were to play in a basketball tournament.
The Kobe Bryant crash one year later: Lakers’ plans, the probe, Vanessa Bryant’s wishes|Cindy Boren|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
The bit, in which two chopper-riding mamas host an afternoon talk show, started off well.
The Curious Little Shell That Restarted Jenny Slate’s Career|Luke Hopping|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1988 he was jailed for seven months when police in Jersey found half an ounce of cocaine on board his chopper.
The Secrets of Britain’s Wildest Aristocrats|Tom Sykes|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it falls unconscious, a ground crew drags the beast—which can weigh up to 5,000 lbs—into a net strapped to the chopper.
South Africa’s Great Rhino Airlift|Nina Strochlic|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A black-and-white cat named Chopper sleeps upside down on the porch, his open mouth revealing a row of impossibly tiny teeth.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But when Fallon spends too much time on the Vitamix, Arnold demands that he “get to the chopper!”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cartoon Theme Songs and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So Chew-chew chopped the roots with a stone chopper and laid them upon hot stones.
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
No one said anything for several minutes, and then the big chopper once more approached his victim.
The Gold Trail|Harold Bindloss
There was a burst of laughter; and the assembly broke up when Cassidy hustled the chopper off the field.
The Gold Trail|Harold Bindloss
Thence he went to the corner and picked up the wood-chopper, and armed with this came back to his seat.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893|Various
This was a chopper very popular in the camp, and known by the name of Jabe.
Earth's Enigmas|Charles G. D. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for chopper

chopper

/ (ˈtʃɒpə) /

noun

mainly British a small hand axe

a butcher's cleaver

a person or thing that cuts or chops

an informal name for a helicopter

mainly British a slang name for penis

a device for periodically interrupting an electric current or beam of radiation to produce a pulsed current or beamSee also vibrator (def. 2)

a type of bicycle or motorcycle with very high handlebars and an elongated saddle

NZ a child's bicycle

obsolete, slang, mainly US a sub-machine-gun

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Scientific definitions for chopper

chopper

[ chŏp′ər ]

A crudely flaked, unifacial core tool, especially one associated with the Oldowan stone culture of the early Paleolithic Period.

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