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plural choppers
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax. examples
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade. examples
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside. examples
(informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker/bikie gangs. examples
(electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another. examples
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
(baseball) A high-bouncing batted ball. examples
(slang) The penis.
(slang) An assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
(Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). examples
(informal) A helicopter. quotations examples
There's armored cars, and tanks, and JeepsAnd rigs of every size.Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bearsAnd choppers filled the skies.
1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall
third-person singular simple present choppers, present participle choppering, simple past and past participle choppered
(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter. quotations examples
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