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: one that chops
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: a device that interrupts an electric current or a beam of radiation (such as light) at short regular intervals
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: a high-bouncing batted baseball
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: a customized motorcycle
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: one that has the front wheel forward of the handlebars
Examples of chopper in a Sentence
Noun
The sound of choppers filled the sky.
army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
But Ryan McMahon hit a chopper to second baseman Nico Hoerner, who threw out the slow-footed Stallings at home for the second out.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 2 June 2025
Homendy urged witnesses to send video and photos of the crash and asked for patience as investigators identify what led to chopper to tumble out of the sky.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Using a hoist basket, an air-rescue crew member was lowered into the water to secure the boaters and they were lifted into the chopper, fire rescue said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
But Ryan McMahon hit a chopper to second baseman Nico Hoerner, who threw out the slow-footed Stallings at home for the second out.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
Verb
Soon after, the medics put her in a hyperbaric stretcher and chopper her to safety.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 2 June 2025
Homendy urged witnesses to send video and photos of the crash and asked for patience as investigators identify what led to chopper to tumble out of the sky.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Chopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chopper. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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