Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that chops.
- noun Archaeology A crudely flaked core tool, especially one of the early Paleolithic Period.
- noun A device that interrupts an electric current or a beam of radiation.
- noun Informal A helicopter.
- noun Slang Teeth, especially a set of false teeth.
- noun Informal A motorcycle, especially one that is customized.
- noun Baseball A ground ball that is hit with a chopping swing, especially one that bounces high off the infield.
- intransitive & transitive verb Informal To travel by helicopter or transport (someone or something) by helicopter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which chops; specifically, a butchers' cleaver.—
- noun A hand-tool used for thinning out rows of young plants.
- noun A cheek of bacon.
- noun A stout, lusty child; a bouncer.
- noun A thatched roof. See
chopper-cot andchoppered .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, chops.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tool forchopping wood; anaxe /ax . - noun A
knife for chopping food. - noun informal A
helicopter . - noun slang The
penis . - noun informal A type of road
motorcycle , especially as used bybiker /bikie gangs. - noun slang An
AK-47 or similar assault rifle. - verb informal To
travel ortransport byhelicopter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun informal terms for a human `tooth'
- noun an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
- noun a butcher's knife having a large square blade
- noun a grounder that bounces high in the air
Etymologies
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Examples
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Claims POW - was lone survivor in chopper (rescue chopper with wounded aboard.) crash where all aboard were killed but him
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Oh and Kent, get yer own friggin chopper! on April 17, 2009 at 6: 16 pm | Reply Civ_In_The_City
Credit Crunch? More Senior Officers; that’s what we need! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Either way, seconds later the chopper is gone, skimming over the water towards the next village-island.
Still marooned: plight of flood-stricken villagers in Pakistan's Sindh province Declan Walsh in Sehwan Sharif 2010
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Honda trying to look like a custom chopper, is like Steve Jobs trying be trailer trash.
Honda Fury factory chopper leaks ahead of official New York unveiling - Hell For Leather 2009
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Take the lace and the chopper at the bottom left corner of the room. chopper is in the toop of a plate.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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No way was shot down in chopper in 1970, with eye injury.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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KING: And the word chopper I associate with helicopter.
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KING: And the word chopper I associate with helicopter.
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So the agency bought a better chopper from the Russians and stenciled on a memorable tail number: 91101.
A Street Fight 2007
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Apparently, the churning air generated by a chopper is really hard on the ruins (makes sense).
bilby commented on the word chopper
WordNET's excited about the new season :-)
April 6, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word chopper
I love how the most ubiquitously understood meaning is dead last.
April 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word chopper
Dead right c_b.
April 6, 2008
reesetee commented on the word chopper
Maybe if we stand on our heads....
April 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word chopper
"Another diversion is the Lupanarium.
'Ere, isn't that a man's prick sticking out over the door?'
'Well, it certainly isn't a woman's.'
It was a monster made of concrete and about a foot long.
'What's it doin' up there?' says Webb.
I demonstrate by hanging my hat on it.
'A hat-stand? Get away.'
'Well, it's a stand of some kind,' I explained, 'and this is a house of ill repute.'
Webb grinned from ear to ear. 'Ahh, that's why they got that bloody great chopper sticking out, then.'"
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall.'
April 18, 2009