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chopper
UK /ˈtʃɒp.ə/ US /ˈtʃɔp.ə/
noun 7verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
largest, loud
VERB + CHOPPER
flies, fly, got, love, rides
CHOPPER + NOUN
seattle, sia, tom
PREP.
in, into, up
Definitions
noun
1
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
2
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
3
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
4
A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.
Meronym: apehangers
5
Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
noun
1
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.
verb
1
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a grounder that bounces high in the air
noun — a butcher's knife having a large square blade
noun — an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rot
noun — informal terms for a human `tooth'
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Meronym: apehangers
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My chopper sing like Sia, make a bitch sick diarrhea.
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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.
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They lifted Catholics. Civil Rights guys, mostly. Low-level nationalists. Choppered them off to some interrogation centre outside Belfast.
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Some sicko chopper fucked up a lot of his friends.
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A news chopper crashed in Seattle.
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