chopper
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɒp.ə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɔp.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑ.pɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Noun
chopper (plural choppers)
- A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
- A knife for chopping food.
- A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
- (slang) The penis.
- (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.
- (Canada, US) The bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.
Synonyms
- (slang: penis): See Thesaurus:penis.
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
Synonyms
- (helicopter): whirlybird
Translations
helicopter (formal translations) — see 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
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɔ.pe/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | choppant /ʃɔ.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | choppé /ʃɔ.pe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | chopper | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | choppant /ʃɔ.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | choppai /ʃɔ.pe/ |
choppas /ʃɔ.pa/ |
choppa /ʃɔ.pa/ |
choppâmes /ʃɔ.pam/ |
choppâtes /ʃɔ.pat/ |
choppèrent /ʃɔ.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | chopperai /ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
chopperas /ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
choppera /ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
chopperons /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ |
chopperez /ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
chopperont /ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chopperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
chopperais /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
chopperait /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
chopperions /ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chopperiez /ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/ |
chopperaient /ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | choppe /ʃɔp/ |
choppes /ʃɔp/ |
choppe /ʃɔp/ |
choppions /ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
choppiez /ʃɔ.pje/ |
choppent /ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect2 | choppasse /ʃɔ.pas/ |
choppasses /ʃɔ.pas/ |
choppât /ʃɔ.pa/ |
choppassions /ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
choppassiez /ʃɔ.pa.sje/ |
choppassent /ʃɔ.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | choppe /ʃɔp/ |
— | choppons /ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
choppez /ʃɔ.pe/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chopper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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