Meaning

13 senses
  1. Something that chops

    A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.

  2. A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.

    Hackbeil

    реза́кrezák, сека́чsekáč

    a butcher's knife having a large square blade

  3. A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods, akin to a small food processor.

  4. A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.

    Chopper

  5. A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.

  6. (informal)A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.

    Meronym: apehangers

  7. Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.

  8. A high-bouncing batted ball.

  9. (slang)The penis.

    Schwanz

  10. (slang)An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).

  11. (Canada, US)The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

  12. A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. A news chopper crashed in Seattle.

    Вертоліт агенства новин розбився в Сіетлі.

    deIn Seattle ist ein Nachrichtenhubschrauber abgestürzt.

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  2. The chopper made a loud noise.

    deDer Heli machte ein lautes Geräusch.

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  3. Edmundo managed to fly the chopper.

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  4. He could pilot a chopper blindfolded.

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  5. The chopper rushed Tom to the hospital.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
knife for chopping food:
informal: helicopter:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
knife for chopping food:
archaeology: crude tool with an irregular cutting edge:
slang: penis:
informal: helicopter:

Origin

From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the

From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' "Angel of Mercy" helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War.

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Forms

plural: choppers
Singularchopper
Pluralchoppers

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
slang: penis:penis
helicopter:whirlybird
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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