Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having many small, rough waves.

    rough with small waves

  2. Discontinuous, intermittent.

    The sound is choppy in this video.

  3. Shifting, variable

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Tom was having a hard time swimming in the choppy water.

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  2. The online streaming service is choppy.

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  3. The sea was a bit choppy.

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  4. My internet has been choppy recently.

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  5. The boat danced on the choppy water.

    deDas Boot tanzte auf dem bewegten Wasser.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

choppier, choppiest
Comparativechoppier Lesson
Superlativechoppiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • marked by abrupt transitions:jerky

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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