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CHOPPY (choppier, choppiest)
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, choppiest Dictionary entry overview: What does choppy mean?
• CHOPPY (adjective)
The adjective CHOPPY has 2 senses:
1. marked by abrupt transitions
2. rough with small waves
Familiarity information: CHOPPY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: choppiest
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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