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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHOPPY, a. Full of clefts or cracks.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose" [syn: choppy, jerky]
2: rough with small waves; "choppy seas"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (choppier; -est) Etymology: ²chop Date: 1605 1. being roughened ; chapped 2. rough with small waves 3. a. interrupted by ups and downs <choppy terrain> <a choppy career> b. jerky <short choppy strides> c. disconnected <choppy writing> • choppily adverb II. adjective (choppier; -est) Etymology: ³chop Date: 1865 changeable, variable <a choppy wind>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (choppier, choppiest) (of the sea, the weather, etc.) fairly rough. Derivatives: choppily adv. choppiness n. Etymology: CHOP(1) + -Y(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Choppy Chop"py, a. [Cf. Chappy.] 1. Full of cracks. ``Choppy finger.'' --Shak. 2. [Cf. Chop a change.] Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(choppier, choppiest) When water is choppy, there are a lot of small waves on it because there is a wind blowing. A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy. = rough ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

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