Choppy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas.
  • adj. Abruptly shifting; variable. Used of the wind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having many small, rough waves
  • adj. Discontinuous, intermittent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of cracks.
  • adj. Rough, with short, tumultuous waves.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of clefts or cracks; chapped; wrinkled.
  • Same as chopping.
  • Uncertain as to direction; subject to frequent and sudden change; unsteady: as, a choppy wind.
  • Irregular; unstable; fluctuating as to prices or rates: as, choppy markets.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by abrupt transitions
  • adj. rough with small waves
  • Equivalent
    sudden    stormy   
    Cross Reference
    chops   
    Variant
    choppier    choppiest   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Poppy    copy    floppy    gloppy    jalopy    poppy    sloppy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jerky    unsteady    turbid    bumpy    uneven    hilly    foamy    storm-driven    frothy    undulate