choppy

English

Etymology

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!‎^[1]:

     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

Related terms

• choppy-changey

Translations

having many small, rough waves

• Bulgarian: развълнуван (bg) (razvǎlnuvan)
• Czech: rozbouřený, neklidný
• French: haché (fr), saccadé (fr)
• Galician: picado
• Irish: útamáilte
• Italian: increspato (it)
• Maori: whenewhene, hīnarunaru, karekare

discontinuous, intermittent

• 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