chopper

[ chop-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that chops. chop.
2. a short ax with a large blade, used for cutting up meat, fish, etc.; butcher's cleaver.
3. a prehistoric implement made by striking flakes off one or both sides of a stone, considered the oldest known worked stone tool.
4. choppers, Slang. the teeth.
5. Informal. a helicopter.
6. Slang. a motorcycle.
7. a device for interrupting an electric current or a beam of light at regular intervals.

verb (used without object)

1. Informal.
   1. to travel by helicopter:

      We choppered into midtown from the airport.

   2. to travel by motorcycle.

chopper

/ ˈtʃɒpə /

noun

1. a small hand axe
2. a butcher's cleaver
3. a person or thing that cuts or chops
4. an informal name for a helicopter
5. a slang name for penis
6. a device for periodically interrupting an electric current or beam of radiation to produce a pulsed current or beam See also vibrator
7. a type of bicycle or motorcycle with very high handlebars and an elongated saddle
8. a child's bicycle
9. obsolete.
   a sub-machine-gun

chopper

/ chŏp′ər /

1. A crudely flaked, unifacial core tool , especially one associated with the Oldowan stone culture of the early Paleolithic Period.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chopper¹

1545–55; 1950–55 chopper fordef 5; chop ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Mr McGuinness is currently on day four of his challenge, cycling on his dream childhood bike - the Raleigh Chopper - from Ecclefechan to Strathaven.

From BBC

McGuinness, who hosts a Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 2, will cycle through three nations and eight counties on a modified Raleigh Chopper bike.

From BBC

But this is the Chris Wood derby - aka the 'Wood Chopper' derby - and I am backing him to give Nottingham Forest the cutting edge they need against his former club.

From BBC

Out front, Taylor sings from the back of a chopper, her vocals understated and almost resigned as she laments for those who feel stuck in place: “It isn’t easy when the town’s full of broken hearts / Can you be holding on any tighter? / Just take a breath and get out of this place / I know you can just get yourself together.”

From Los Angeles Times

Smith sent a chopper to shortstop Anthony Volpe in the next at-bat, then watched as Volpe spiked a throw to third base.

From Los Angeles Times