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CHOPPY (choppier, choppiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: choppier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, choppiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does choppy mean? 

CHOPPY (adjective)
  The adjective CHOPPY has 2 senses:

1. marked by abrupt transitionsplay

2. rough with small wavesplay

  Familiarity information: CHOPPY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHOPPY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: choppier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: choppiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by abrupt transitions

Synonyms:

choppy; jerky

Context example:

choppy prose

Similar:

sudden (happening without warning or in a short space of time)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Rough with small waves

Context example:

choppy seas

Similar:

stormy ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion)

Derivation:

chop (the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide))

choppiness (used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather)


 Context examples 


There was springing up a choppy wind, and I could not leave the helm.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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