The boat danced on the choppy water.
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Choppy
//ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi//
Synonyms for "choppy" (148 found)
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Related words (74)
nonserialnonstandardnonuniformparentheticparentheticalpatchypimplypittedpluralisticpockypotholedraggedramblingrankripplyroughrough-castrough-grainedrough-hewnroughcast
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4 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَقَطِّع adj (discontinuous, intermittent)
Bikol Central
1 entries- ragana adj (discontinuous, intermittent)
Bulgarian
3 entries- накъсан adj (discontinuous, intermittent)
- поривист adj (of wind)
- развълнуван adj (having many small, rough waves)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 斷斷續續 /断断续续 adj (discontinuous, intermittent)
Czech
4 entries- neklidný adj (having many small, rough waves)
- přerušovaný adj (discontinuous, intermittent)
- rozbouřený adj (having many small, rough waves)
- rozvlněný adj (having many small, rough waves)
French
2 entries- haché adj (having many small, rough waves)
- saccadé adj (having many small, rough waves)
Galician
1 entries- picado adj (having many small, rough waves)
Irish
1 entries- útamáilte adj (having many small, rough waves)
Italian
1 entries- increspato adj (having many small, rough waves)
Māori
3 entries- hīnarunaru adj (having many small, rough waves)
- karekare adj (having many small, rough waves)
- whenewhene adj (having many small, rough waves)
Spanish
3 entries- encrespado adj (having many small, rough waves)
- entrecortado adj (discontinuous, intermittent)
- picado adj (having many small, rough waves)
Swedish
1 entries- krabb adj (having many small, rough waves)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Two people spent the night adrift after their boat capsized in choppy waters.
Source: tatoeba (2941957)
The ocean was choppy because of the storm.
Source: tatoeba (3599227)
Your playing is choppy.
Source: tatoeba (5974679)
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