1. A machine or person that chops
   "He used a mechanical chopper to prepare the vegetables"
    
2. A butcher's knife having a large square blade
   "The chef used a chopper to chop through the chicken bones";
   - cleaver, meat cleaver
    
3. [informal] An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
   "The rescue team arrived quickly in their chopper";
   - helicopter, whirlybird [N. Amer, informal], eggbeater [N. Amer, informal], copter [informal]
    
4. [informal] A motorcycle characterized by extended forks, high handlebars, and a long, low design
   "He cruised down the boulevard on his sleek chopper"
    
5. [informal] A hard bonelike structure in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defence
   "The shark's razor-sharp choppers tore through its prey";
   - tooth
    
6. [N. Amer] A grounder that bounces high in the air
   "The infielder struggled to field the unexpected chopper";
   - chop [N. Amer]
    
7. [Brit, vulgar] Obscene term for penis
   "The comedian's joke about his chopper made the audience laugh uncomfortably";

1. Travel or transport by helicopter
   "We choppered to the remote island";
   - helicopter

Derived forms: choppers, choppering, choppered

Type of: bike, bone, butcher knife, ground ball, groundball, grounder, heavier-than-air craft, hopper, member, motorbike [Brit], motorcycle, os[2], penis, phallus

Part of: dentition, teeth

Encyclopedia: Chopper