as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone
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With one out, Chapman fielded Espinal’s weak chopper, used his momentum to tag out Blake Dunn, then fired to first on the run for the inning-ending double play.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2025
Another chopper back to the mound began what might have been another double play if Heyward had not beat the relay from shortstop Nick Allen.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
In the ninth, after Trevor Story had drawn a nine-pitch walk and then pressured reliever Luke Jackson by stealing second, Kristian Campbell recorded his first big-league hit with a hard chopper that glanced off third baseman Josh Jung’s glove.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Night 2 also offered a fresh addendum to an existing favorite piece of animation: their signature skeleton’s wild chopper ride.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2025
Another chopper back to the mound began what might have been another double play if Heyward had not beat the relay from shortstop Nick Allen.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
In the ninth, after Trevor Story had drawn a nine-pitch walk and then pressured reliever Luke Jackson by stealing second, Kristian Campbell recorded his first big-league hit with a hard chopper that glanced off third baseman Josh Jung’s glove.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Night 2 also offered a fresh addendum to an existing favorite piece of animation: their signature skeleton’s wild chopper ride.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Chopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopper. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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