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: one that chops
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: a device that interrupts an electric current or a beam of radiation (such as light) at short regular intervals
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: a high-bouncing batted baseball
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: a customized motorcycle
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: one that has the front wheel forward of the handlebars
Examples of chopper in a Sentence
Noun
The sound of choppers filled the sky.
army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
With a chopper, nothing is out of reach – and for the intrepid explorer yearning for true isolation, this is the stuff of dreams.
—Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
In a move befitting a goddamn movie star, Pugh will chopper fly in to Venice just in time to gag everyone on the red carpet.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2022
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Noun
Other notable kitchen must-haves that are on sale for October Prime Day include a vegetable chopper and this Ninja air fryer with more than 69,000 perfect ratings.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
With a chopper, nothing is out of reach – and for the intrepid explorer yearning for true isolation, this is the stuff of dreams.
—Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
In the morning, Peggy and another Donut would don their light blue outfits, board a helicopter and chopper to a firebase.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
In a move befitting a goddamn movie star, Pugh will chopper fly in to Venice just in time to gag everyone on the red carpet.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2022
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“Chopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chopper. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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