choppy
pronunciation
How to pronounce choppy in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɒpi]
How to pronounce choppy in American English:
US [ˈtʃɑpi]
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- Adjective:
- rough with small waves
Word Origin
- choppy (adj.)
- 1830 (of seas), from chop (v.2) + -y (2). Earlier in this sense was chopping (1630s).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Funky short choppy hairstyles trends for winter 2009 2010 .
- 2. Analysts said it could stay choppy on near-term worries about the impact on a shaky japanese economy .
- 3. It just gets distorted and choppy instead of producing bass .
- 4. But the asian industry also has its own problems , analysts say , most notably poor performance in choppy markets .
- 5. Indexes in the u. k. , germany and france finished the quarter higher despite choppy periods .