Chopper

/ˈtʃɒp.ə/ noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
  2. 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. 3
    A British Rail Class 20 locomotive. British
  4. 4
    a grounder that bounces high in the air wordnet
  5. 5
    A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
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  1. 6
    a butcher's knife having a large square blade wordnet
  2. 7
    A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
  3. 8
    an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades wordnet
  4. 9
    A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs. informal

    "Meronym: apehangers"

  5. 10
    informal terms for a human ‘tooth’ wordnet
  6. 11
    Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
  7. 12
    A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
  8. 13
    A high-bouncing batted ball.
  9. 14
    The penis. slang
  10. 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."

  11. 16
    The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Canada, US
  12. 17
    A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.
  13. 18
    A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods, akin to a small food processor.
Verb
  1. 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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helicoptermeat cleaverbicyclebikechopchopping knife

Antonyms

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plane

Example

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"Some sicko chopper fucked up a lot of his friends."

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.

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