chopper
/'tʃɔpə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A butcher's knife with a large, heavy, rectangular blade: A tool designed for chopping through meat and bone.
- A helicopter: An aircraft that gains lift from rotating blades (rotors) overhead, rather than fixed wings. This is a common informal term.
- Informal term for a human tooth: A slang word for a single tooth.
- A ground ball in baseball that bounces very high: A batted ball that hits the ground and bounces upward sharply.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Butcher's Knife):
- The butcher used a heavy chopper to cut through the ribs.
- Noun (Helicopter):
- We heard the chopper approaching before we saw it land on the roof.
- Noun (Tooth - Informal):
- He smiled, revealing a shiny gold chopper in the front.
- Noun (Baseball):
- The batter hit a high chopper to the shortstop, who had plenty of time to make the throw.
Advanced Usage
- "To ride a chopper": This phrase almost exclusively refers to riding a type of motorcycle, specifically a custom-built motorcycle with extended front forks and high handlebars. It does not refer to riding a helicopter.
- He loves to ride his chopper along the coastal highway on weekends.
Variants and Related Words
- Chop (verb): To cut something into pieces with quick, heavy blows.
- Chop the onions finely.
- Chopping (noun/adj): The action of chopping; describing something that chops.
- He has a chopping board for vegetables.
Synonyms
- For the knife: Cleaver, butcher knife.
- For the aircraft: Helicopter, copter (informal), whirlybird (informal).
- For the tooth: Tooth (standard), fang (for canine teeth, informal).
- For the baseball hit: High bouncer, hop.
Related Phrases
- Pork chopper: An informal, often derogatory term for a police helicopter.
- The pork chopper circled the neighborhood all night.
Noun
- a butcher's knife having a large square blade
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
- informal terms for a human `tooth'
- a grounder that bounces high in the air