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chopper en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈtʃɔp.ə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  1. Something that chops ▸ A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
  2. Something that chops ▸ A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
  3. Something that chops ▸ A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods, akin to a small food processor.
  4. Something that chops ▸ 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.
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
choppers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Choppergate · copper chopper · logic-chopper · headchopper · helichopper · woodchopper · catch the last chopper out of 'Nam · wood chopper · meat-chopper · footchopper · photochopper · chopper coupling · chopper squad · foot chopper · logic chopper

Hypernyms

bike · conveyance · motorcycle · vehicle

Synonyms

penis (slang: penis)

Translations (28)

fi kirves (archaeology: crude tool with an irregular cutting edge) · ru сека́ч (knife for chopping food) · bg чопър (type of motorcycle) · ota ساطور (knife for chopping food) · es tajador (knife for chopping food) · mk са́тар (knife for chopping food) · sk sekáčik (knife for chopping food) · fr zob (slang: penis) · fr hacheur (electronics: type of electronic switch) · ru реза́к (knife for chopping food) · pl tasak (knife for chopping food) · de Hackbeil (knife for chopping food) · de Schwanz (slang: penis) · bg чопър (kitchen appliance similar to a food processor) · fi chopperi (type of motorcycle) · fr galet aménagé (archaeology: crude tool with an irregular cutting edge) · tl panghapak (knife for chopping food) · es chóper (type of motorcycle) · fi aksu (AK-47) (slang: assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one) · grc κοπίς (knife for chopping food) · fi slaba (slang: penis) · fr hachoir (knife for chopping food) · bg сатър (knife for chopping food) · fi hakkuri (electronics: type of electronic switch) · fi rynkky (slang: assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one) · fi paloitteluveitsi (knife for chopping food) · de Chopper (archaeology: crude tool with an irregular cutting edge) · ko 찍개 (archaeology: crude tool with an irregular cutting edge)

wikidata: Q1416553

chopper en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈtʃɔp.ə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
choppers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Chopper · newschopper

Synonyms

whirlybird (helicopter)

Translations (9)

fr banane (informal: helicopter) · fi kopteri (informal: helicopter) · ru верту́шка (informal: helicopter) · mk хелико́птер (informal: helicopter) · de Hubschrauber (informal: helicopter) · pt zingarelho (informal: helicopter) · es helico (informal: helicopter) · fr hélico (informal: helicopter) · es helicóptero (informal: helicopter)

wikipedia: en:OH-13 Sioux · wikipedia: en:Bell 47

chopper en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈtʃɔp.ə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
choppers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
choppering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
choppered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
choppered Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (1)

es helicar ((informal) To travel or transport by helicopter)

wikipedia: en:OH-13 Sioux · wikipedia: en:Bell 47