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chopper¹

  • /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ UK
  • /ˈtʃɔp.ə/ Australia
  • /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)

noun choppers

  1. A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
  2. A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong 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.
  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.

    Similar: penis

  10. slang An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47). My chopper sing like Sia, make a bitch sick diarrhea.
  11. Canada, US The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
  12. A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.

chopper²

  • /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ UK
  • /ˈtʃɔp.ə/ Australia
  • /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun choppers

  1. informal A helicopter. 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.

    Similar: whirlybird

verb choppers · choppering · choppered

  1. informal To travel or transport by helicopter. They lifted Catholics. Civil Rights guys, mostly. Low-level nationalists. Choppered them off to some interrogation centre outside Belfast.

Chopper³

Where it comes from

From chopper (“helicopter”), because of the distinctive beating noise of the engine.

noun Choppers

  1. UK A British Rail Class 20 locomotive.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cleaver, helicopter, chop, pearly, whirlybird, eggbeater, meat cleaver, hewer, axe, hatchet, knife, cutter, chauffeur, driver, ship, gunship

Translations

Every language

noun knife for chopping food

Españoltajador
Françaishachoir
DeutschHackbeil
Русскийреза́к rezák, сека́ч sekáč

noun archaeology: crude tool with an irregular cutting edge

한국어찍개 jjikgae
Françaisgalet aménagé
DeutschChopper

noun type of motorcycle

Españolchóper

noun electronics: type of electronic switch

Françaishacheur

noun slang: penis

Françaiszob
DeutschSchwanz

noun informal: helicopter

Españolhelico, helicóptero
Portuguêszingarelho
Françaisbanane, hélico
DeutschHubschrauber
Русскийверту́шка vertúška

verb (informal) To travel or transport by helicopter

Españolhelicar

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@misc{chopper_2026,
  title = {chopper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chopper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}