Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chopper

/ˈtʃɔp.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: chop-per
IPA: /ˈtʃɔp.ə/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that chops

noun

Something that chops

noun

Something that chops

noun

Something that chops

noun

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

noun

A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.

Informal

noun

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

noun

A high-bouncing batted ball.

Example Sentences

"Meronym: apehangers"
"My chopper sing like Sia, make a bitch sick diarrhea."
"There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps And rigs of every size. Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears And choppers filled the skies."
"They lifted Catholics. Civil Rights guys, mostly. Low-level nationalists. Choppered them off to some interrogation centre outside Belfast."

Etymology

Etymology tree English chop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English chopper From chop + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtʃɔp.ə/
British English: /ˈtʃɒp.ə/

Usage

Informal
Slang
Canadian usage
American usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

choppers (plural) choppers (present, singular) choppering (participle, present) choppered (participle, past) choppered (past)

Derived Forms

Choppergate footchopper headchopper helichopper photochopper woodchopper Chopper newschopper

Phrases

catch the last chopper out of 'Nam chopper coupling chopper squad copper chopper foot chopper logic-chopper logic chopper meat-chopper

Synonyms

penis whirlybird chop cleaver meat cleaver helicopter eggbeater pearly

Rhymes With

proper copper improper hopper shopper topper stopper popper whopper dropper cropper bopper

Questions

How do you pronounce chopper?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃɔp.ə/.
What does chopper mean?: Something that chops
Where does chopper come from?: Etymology tree English chop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English chopper From chop + -er.

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