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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop, chopper]
2: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly]
3: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater]
4: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn: cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1552 1. one that chops 2. plural, slang teeth 3. a device that interrupts an electric current or a beam of radiation (as light) at short regular intervals 4. machine gun 5. helicopter 6. a high-bouncing batted baseball 7. a customized motorcycle II. verb Date: 1955 helicopter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a Brit. a short axe with a large blade. b a butcher's cleaver. 2 colloq. a helicopter. 3 a device for regularly interrupting an electric current or light-beam. 4 colloq. a type of bicycle or motor cycle with high handlebars. 5 (in pl.) Brit. sl. teeth. 6 US sl. a machine-gun.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chopper Chop"per, n. One who, or that which, chops.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(choppers) A chopper is a helicopter. (INFORMAL) Overhead, the chopper roared and the big blades churned the air. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

bicycle, bike, copter, cycle, eggbeater, helicopter, iron, minibike, motocycle, motorbike, motorcycle, pedicab, pig, road-bike, rotary-wing aircraft, rotor plane, trail bike, tricycle, trike, wheel, whirlybird, windmill