choppy

English

Etymology

From chop +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -ɒpi

Adjective

choppy (comparative choppier, superlative choppiest)

1. (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!‎:

     Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.

   • 2022 November 30, “Network News: First pays out interim dividend after reporting £37m pre-tax profit”, in RAIL, number 971, page 24:

     Safely navigating choppy waters has allowed FirstGroup to pay its first interim dividend for almost a decade, and only its second since payments restarted in August.

2. Discontinuous, intermittent.

   The sound is choppy in this video.

3. (of wind) Shifting, variable

Derived terms

• choppily
• choppiness

Related terms

• choppy-changey

Translations

having many small, rough waves

Bulgarian: развълнуван (bg) (razvǎlnuvan) Czech: rozbouřený, neklidný, zčeřený, zvlněný (cs), rozvlněný French: haché (fr), saccadé (fr) Galician: picado (gl) Irish: útamáilte Italian: increspato (it) Maori: whenewhene, hīnarunaru, karekare Swedish: krabb (sv)

discontinuous, intermittent

Arabic: مُتَقَطِّع (mutaqaṭṭiʕ) Bikol Central: ragana Bulgarian: накъсан (bg) (nakǎsan) Chinese: Mandarin: 斷斷續續 / 断断续续 (zh) (duànduànxùxù) Czech: trhaný, přerušovaný Spanish: entrecortado (es)

оf wind

Bulgarian: поривист (bg) (porivist)

See also

• chops