Dictionary

choppy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/ (General-American)
• /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English chop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English choppy From chop + -y.

Meanings

1. (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves.
   • Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy. 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!:
   • “Huh, this lazy river seems like it's getting pretty choppy.” 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (12:39 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid):
   • Safely navigating choppy waters has allowed FirstGroup to pay its first interim dividend for almost a decade, and only its second since payments restarted in August. 2022 November 30, “Network News: First pays out interim dividend after reporting £37m pre-tax profit”, in RAIL, number 971, page 24:
2. Discontinuous, intermittent.
   • The sound is choppy in this video.
3. (of wind) Shifting, variable

Forms

Deriveds

choppiness · choppily

Relateds

choppy-changey · chops

Translations (29)

es entrecortado (discontinuous, intermittent) · sv krabb (having many small, rough waves) · tl putol-putol (discontinuous, intermittent) · bcl ragana (discontinuous, intermittent) · cs zvlněný (having many small, rough waves) · ca entretallat (discontinuous, intermittent) · bg накъсан (discontinuous, intermittent) · cs neklidný (having many small, rough waves) · fr saccadé (having many small, rough waves) · gl picado (having many small, rough waves) · mi whenewhene (having many small, rough waves) · cs přerušovaný (discontinuous, intermittent) · ca tempestuós (having many small, rough waves) · bg развълнуван (having many small, rough waves) · cmn 斷斷續續 /断断续续 (discontinuous, intermittent) · cs rozvlněný (having many small, rough waves) · it increspato (having many small, rough waves) · mi karekare (having many small, rough waves) · fr haché (having many small, rough waves) · ar مُتَقَطِّع (discontinuous, intermittent) · ca agitat (having many small, rough waves) · cs zčeřený (having many small, rough waves) · cs trhaný (discontinuous, intermittent) · cs rozbouřený (having many small, rough waves) · ga útamáilte (having many small, rough waves) · bg поривист (of wind) · es encrespado (having many small, rough waves) · es picado (having many small, rough waves) · mi hīnarunaru (having many small, rough waves)