chopper
Americannoun
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a short ax with a large blade, used for cutting up meat, fish, etc.; butcher's cleaver.
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a prehistoric implement made by striking flakes off one or both sides of a stone, considered the oldest known worked stone tool.
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Slang. choppers, the teeth.
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Informal. a helicopter.
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Slang. a motorcycle.
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a device for interrupting an electric current or a beam of light at regular intervals.
verb (used without object)
noun
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a small hand axe
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a butcher's cleaver
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a person or thing that cuts or chops
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an informal name for a helicopter
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a slang name for penis
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a device for periodically interrupting an electric current or beam of radiation to produce a pulsed current or beam See also vibrator
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a type of bicycle or motorcycle with very high handlebars and an elongated saddle
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a child's bicycle
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obsolete a sub-machine-gun
Etymology
Origin of chopper
1545–55; 1950–55 chopper for def. 5; chop 1 + -er 1
Example Sentences
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The Coast Guard swimmer who jumped time and again from a chopper into the raging waters of the July 2025 Texas flood, saving 165 lives, was also honored.
The process is called long-lining, and the skier is typically bundled in a basket that’s lifted by a cable lowered from the chopper.
From Los Angeles Times
She looked up, toward the noise, but could not see the chopper.
From Literature
In such a large helicopter, they couldn’t land to search for Brian themselves, but they called in another rescue chopper.
From Literature
He’s flashing those long choppers, like a cat happy to see a mouse.
From Literature
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