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chopper

verb, noun — 15 senses

chopper

verbalso spelled Chopper

UK /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ · US /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/

Etymology 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.

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.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 288:

Chopper

noun

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

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport UK A British Rail Class 20 locomotive.

chopper

noun

Etymology From chop + -er.

12 senses
  1. 1A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
  2. 2A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large…
  3. 3A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods…
  4. 4A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by…
  5. 5A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
  6. 6A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker…
  7. 7Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one…
  8. 8A high-bouncing batted ball.
  9. 9The penis.
  10. 10An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic…
  11. 11The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
  12. 12A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.

› Something that chops

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

Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences 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

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Motorcycling Informal A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.

  • Meronym: apehangers
7

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.

8

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A high-bouncing batted ball.

9

Slang The 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.2019 March 1, Rico Nasty, “Tia Tamera”, in Maria-Cecilia Simone Kelly (lyrics), Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (music), Amala (FLAC), performed by Rico Nasty, Los Angeles: Kemosabe Records, published 2019:
11

Canada, US The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

12

A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.

Synonyms
penis
Derived terms
chopper coupling, Choppergate, chopper squad, copper chopper, footchopper, foot chopper, headchopper, helichopper, logic-chopper, logic chopper, meat-chopper, photochopper, woodchopper, wood chopper

chopper

noun

Etymology 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.

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.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
Synonyms
whirlybird
Derived terms
Chopper, newschopper

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for chopper and Chopper.