choppy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 6
/ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/
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/ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/ · /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/
Definition of choppy
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Having many small, rough waves.
“Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.”
“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.”
““Huh, this lazy river seems like it's getting pretty choppy.””
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adj
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Having many small, rough waves.
“Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.”
“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.”
““Huh, this lazy river seems like it's getting pretty choppy.””
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Discontinuous, intermittent.
“The sound is choppy in this video.”
- Shifting, variable
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From chop + -y.
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