chopper

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Etymology

chop +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈtʃɒp.ə/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈtʃɔp.ə/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈtʃɑ.pɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

chopper (plural choppers)

1. A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
2. A knife for chopping food.
3. (informal) A helicopter.
4. (slang) The penis.
5. (informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker / bikie gangs.

Synonyms

• (helicopter): whirlybird
• (slang: penis): cock, dick, knob, prick

Translations

axe/ax — see axe/ax

knife for chopping food

Bulgarian: сатър (bg) m. Finnish: paloitteluveitsi (fi)

French: hachoir (fr) m. Polish: tasak (pl)

informal: helicopter

Finnish: kopteri (fi)

French: banane (fr) f., hélico (fr) m.

slang: penis

Finnish: slaba (fi)

French: zob (fr) m.

type of motorcycle

Finnish: chopperi (fi)

Verb

chopper (third-person singular simple present choppers, present participle choppering, simple past and past participle choppered)

1. (informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.

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French

Verb

chopper

1. (archaic, intransitive) to stumble

Conjugation

   Conjugation of chopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chopper			avoir choppé
gerund		en choppant			en ayant choppé
present participle		choppant
past participle		choppé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	choppe	choppes	choppe	choppons	choppez	choppent
	imperfect	choppais	choppais	choppait	choppions	choppiez	choppaient
	past historic1	choppai	choppas	choppa	choppâmes	choppâtes	choppèrent
	future	chopperai	chopperas	choppera	chopperons	chopperez	chopperont
	conditional	chopperais	chopperais	chopperait	chopperions	chopperiez	chopperaient
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	choppes	choppe	choppions	choppiez	choppent
	imperfect1	choppasse	choppasses	choppât	choppassions	choppassiez	choppassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	choppe	—	choppons	choppez	—
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