CHOPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chopper mean? 

• CHOPPER (noun)
  The noun CHOPPER has 4 senses:

1. a grounder that bounces high in the air

2. informal terms for a human 'tooth'

3. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

4. a butcher's knife having a large square blade

  Familiarity information: CHOPPER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grounder that bounces high in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chop; chopper

Hypernyms ("chopper" is a kind of...):

ground ball; groundball; grounder; hopper ((baseball) a hit that travels along the ground)

Derivation:

chop (strike sharply, as in some sports)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal terms for a human 'tooth'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

chopper; pearly

Hypernyms ("chopper" is a kind of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Derivation:

chop (cut with a hacking tool)

chop (cut into pieces)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chopper; eggbeater; helicopter; whirlybird

Hypernyms ("chopper" is a kind of...):

heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)

Meronyms (parts of "chopper"):

blade; vane (flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water)

landing skid (one of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopter)

rotor (rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chopper"):

cargo helicopter (a helicopter that carries cargo)

shuttle helicopter (a helicopter that shuttles back and forth)

single-rotor helicopter (a helicopter having a single rotor)

skyhook (helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A butcher's knife having a large square blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chopper; cleaver; meat cleaver

Hypernyms ("chopper" is a kind of...):

knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)

Derivation:

chop (cut with a hacking tool)

chop (cut into pieces)

 Context examples 

This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)