choppy
Having many small, rough wavesHaving many small, rough waves.
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» Tom was having a hard time swimming in the choppy water.
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3 sensesHaving many small, rough waves.
rough with small waves
Discontinuous, intermittent.
The sound is choppy in this video.
Shifting, variable
Examples
14 sentencesTom was having a hard time swimming in the choppy water.
The online streaming service is choppy.
The sea was a bit choppy.
My internet has been choppy recently.
The boat danced on the choppy water.
deDas Boot tanzte auf dem bewegten Wasser. — Tamy
Translations
3 languagesForms
choppier, choppiestSynonyms
1 synonyms- marked by abrupt transitions:jerky
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.