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Webster 1913 Edition


Choppy

Chop′py

,
Adj.
[Cf.
Chappy
.]
1.
Full of cracks.
Choppy finger.”
Shak.
2.
[Cf.
Chop
a change.]
Rough, with short, tumultuous waves;
as, a
choppy
sea
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Choppy

CHOPPY

,
Adj.
Full of clefts or cracks.

Definition 2024


choppy

choppy

English

Adjective

choppy (comparative choppier, superlative choppiest)

  1. (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves.
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!:
      Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.
  2. Discontinuous, intermittent.
    The sound is choppy in this video.

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