chopper

American  

[chop-er] / ˈtʃɒp ər /

noun

• choppers
  plural

1. a person or thing that chops.

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

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

4. Slang. choppers, the teeth.

5. Informal. a helicopter.

6. Slang. a motorcycle.

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

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verb (used without object)

1. Informal.

   1. to travel by helicopter.

      We choppered into midtown from the airport.

   2. to travel by motorcycle.

chopper British  

/ ˈtʃɒpə /

noun

1. a small hand axe

2. a butcher's cleaver

3. a person or thing that cuts or chops

4. an informal name for a helicopter

5. a slang name for penis

6. a device for periodically interrupting an electric current or beam of radiation to produce a pulsed current or beam See also vibrator

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

8. a child's bicycle

9. obsolete a sub-machine-gun

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chopper Scientific  

/ chŏp′ər /

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• choppers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of chopper

1545–55; 1950–55 chopper for def. 5; chop ¹ + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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chopper choppers

Following Ortiz’s miscue, Tampa Bay collected four consecutive singles, ending with pinch hitter Ben Williamson’s walk-off chopper to score Nick Fortes from third.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

NBC4 said the chopper was operated by Angel City Air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

In 2019, an ABC7 chopper was struck by an object believed to be a drone while flying over downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

As the chopper circled Miami, the cameraman explained the purpose of the shoot: “Everybody and their mama wants to know where he’s going to play ball next year.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

The roaring sound instantly fills my vision with brown streaks and slashes, and I look up to see the familiar markings of my father’s chopper.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Many of the choppers are heading to the Hamptons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

She had been flying in news choppers since 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"It rained all night, but we stayed put till the choppers came for us," he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Her mother-in-law once offered to spend $50,000 on her teeth but, like Queen Elizabeth II, she stuck with her OG choppers.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

I got stunned or something, then I look up and see the choppers leaving, and I know I’ve had it, right?”

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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