chopper

[chop-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that chops. chop.

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.

verb (used without object)

1. Informal.

   1. to travel by helicopter.

      We choppered into midtown from the airport.

   2. to travel by motorcycle.

chopper

/ 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

chopper

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chopper¹

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

Example Sentences

The chopper lifted off and tilted back north toward a nearby Border Patrol post.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the years, pursuit suspects have tried to evade police by driving into parking garages or into Los Angeles International Airport, where there are flight restrictions for news choppers, or trying to run for it.

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The choppers, including Black Hawk helicopters traditionally used for military operations, can be remotely programmed to take off, find fires and drop water where it’s needed.

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With one out, however, Ohtani was thrown out at the plate trying to score from third on Pages’ chopper up the line.

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Fortunately, although the yacht situation is fluid and the airspace over Venice is closed, CNN reported that private helicopters are being given a pass, in case a head of state decides to chopper in.

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