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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
Recent Examples on the Web
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Maxine snaps back to reality and blows her father's brains out as an LAPD chopper circles over, flashing a literal spotlight down on her.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 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
What rational mind can’t remember the details of plummeting from the sky and facing possible death in a chopper?
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Maxine snaps back to reality and blows her father's brains out as an LAPD chopper circles over, flashing a literal spotlight down on her.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 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 12 Sep. 2024.
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