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See more synonyms for chopper on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
verb (used without object) Informal to travel by helicopter: We choppered into midtown from the airport. to travel by motorcycle. Show More
Origin of chopper 1545–55; 1950–55 for def 5 ;
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Examples from the Web for chopper Contemporary Examples of chopper In 1988 he was jailed for seven months when police in Jersey found half an ounce of cocaine on board his chopper .
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 .
But when Fallon spends too much time on the Vitamix, Arnold demands that he “get to the chopper !”
After the chopper went down, McKnight was redirected to the crash site where much of the fighting force was pinned down.
Guests were convinced that the chopper was coming to collect William as Kate was going into labor.
Historical Examples of chopper This was a chopper very popular in the camp, and known by the name of Jabe.
The woods of America for the first time rang to the chopper .
The chopper seized one of the spears, and rushed after the old one.
Here comes a candle to light you to bed,And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
It must have broken his heart to know that his lovely ship was getting the chopper .
British Dictionary definitions for chopper 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 beam See 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 Show More
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Word Origin and History for chopper n. 1550s, "one who chops," agent noun from chop (v.1). Meaning "meat cleaver" is by 1818. Meaning "helicopter" is from 1951, Korean War military slang (cf. egg-beater ); as a type of stripped-down motorcycle (originally prefered by Hell's Angels) from 1965.
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A crudely flaked, unifacial core tool , especially one associated with the Oldowan stone culture of the early Paleolithic Period. Show More
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