What does "chopper" mean?
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
Chopper
/ˈtʃɒp.ə/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
- Grammar: chopper is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: helicopter, meat cleaver, bicycle, bike.
- Useful contrasts: plane.
- Usage evidence: Some sicko chopper fucked up a lot of his friends.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
- 2 A helicopter. informal
"There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps And rigs of every size. Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears And choppers filled the skies."
- 3 A British Rail Class 20 locomotive. British
- 4 a grounder that bounces high in the air wordnet
- 5 A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
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- 6 a butcher's knife having a large square blade wordnet
- 7 A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
- 8 an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades wordnet
- 9 A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs. informal
"Meronym: apehangers"
- 10 informal terms for a human ‘tooth’ wordnet
- 11 Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
- 12 A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
- 13 A high-bouncing batted ball.
- 14 The penis. slang
- 15 An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47). slang
"My chopper sing like Sia, make a bitch sick diarrhea."
- 16 The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Canada, US
- 17 A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.
- 18 A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods, akin to a small food processor.
Verb
- 1 To travel or transport by helicopter. informal
"They lifted Catholics. Civil Rights guys, mostly. Low-level nationalists. Choppered them off to some interrogation centre outside Belfast."
Synonyms
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Example
"Some sicko chopper fucked up a lot of his friends."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "chopper"?
Common synonyms include: helicopter, meat cleaver, bicycle, bike, chop, chopping knife.
How do you use "chopper" in a sentence?
Some sicko chopper fucked up a lot of his friends.
How do you pronounce "chopper"?
Pronounced /ˈtʃɒp.ə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From chop + -er.
Etymology 2
From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' "Angel of Mercy" helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War.
Etymology 3
From chopper (“helicopter”), because of the distinctive beating noise of the engine.