chopper

C2+ Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈtʃɑpɚ/ UK /ˈtʃɒpə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a helicopter, or a tool for chopping

The rescue chopper hovered above the stranded climbers.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a helicopter, or a tool for... helicopter cleaver hatchet axewhirlybird

Word family

Related forms chop

Etymology

From chop + -er. Chop ('to cut with a blow') is a variant of chap, of imitative or Germanic origin, attested in Middle English. The 'helicopter' sense is 20th-century slang.

choppen Middle English

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Tools, Machines & Construction Word Formation & Derivatives

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# chopper

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃɑpɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃɒpə/

## Meanings
1. a helicopter, or a tool for chopping

## Examples
- The rescue chopper hovered above the stranded climbers.

## Synonyms
- helicopter
- cleaver
- hatchet
- axe
- whirlybird

## Related Forms
- chop

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: choppen

## Etymology
From chop + -er. Chop ('to cut with a blow') is a variant of chap, of imitative or Germanic origin, attested in Middle English. The 'helicopter' sense is 20th-century slang.

## AI Etymology
Chopper comes from chop + -er. Chop ('to cut with a blow') is a variant of chap, of imitative or Germanic origin, attested in Middle English. The 'helicopter' sense is 20th-century slang. The historical trail runs through Middle English choppen. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. The later sense follows a semantic development already present in the word's history. In modern use it means a helicopter, or a tool for chopping. Related forms include chop.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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