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Chopper
Chop′per
,Noun.
One who, or that which, chops.
Definition 2024
chopper
chopper
English
Noun
chopper (plural choppers)
- A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
- A knife for chopping food.
- (slang) The ****.
- (informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker / bikie gangs.
- (slang) An AK-47 or similar assault rifle.
- (electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
Synonyms
Translations
axe/ax — see axe
knife for chopping food
type of motorcycle
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Etymology 2
From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' "Angel of Mercy" helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War
Noun
chopper (plural choppers)
- (informal) A helicopter.
Synonyms
- (helicopter): whirlybird
Translations
helicopter (formal translations) — see helicopter
informal: helicopter
Verb
chopper (third-person singular simple present choppers, present participle choppering, simple past and past participle choppered)
- (informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
Translations
(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
chopper
- (archaic, intransitive) to stumble
Conjugation
Conjugation of chopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chopper | avoir choppé | |||||
| gerund | en choppant | en ayant choppé | |||||
| present participle | choppant /ʃɔ.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | choppé /ʃɔ.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | choppe /ʃɔp/ |
choppes /ʃɔp/ |
choppe /ʃɔp/ |
choppons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
choppez /ʃɔ.pe/ |
choppent /ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect | choppais /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
choppais /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
choppait /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
choppions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
choppiez /ʃɔ.pje/ |
choppaient /ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | choppai /ʃɔ.pe/ |
choppas /ʃɔ.pa/ |
choppa /ʃɔ.pa/ |
choppâmes /ʃɔ.pam/ |
choppâtes /ʃɔ.pat/ |
choppèrent /ʃɔ.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | chopperai /ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
chopperas /ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
choppera /ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
chopperons /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ |
chopperez /ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
chopperont /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chopperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
chopperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
chopperait /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
chopperions /ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chopperiez /ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/ |
chopperaient /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | choppe /ʃɔp/ |
choppes /ʃɔp/ |
choppe /ʃɔp/ |
choppions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
choppiez /ʃɔ.pje/ |
choppent /ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect1 |
choppasse /ʃɔ.pas/ |
choppasses /ʃɔ.pas/ |
choppât /ʃɔ.pa/ |
choppassions /ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
choppassiez /ʃɔ.pa.sje/ |
choppassent /ʃɔ.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | choppe /ʃɔp/ |
— | choppons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
choppez /ʃɔ.pe/ |
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