Chopperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtʃɒp.ə/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈtʃɔp.ə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/
• 韻: -ɒpə(ɹ)

語源 1

From chop +‎ -er.

名詞

chopper (plural choppers)

1. A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
2. A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
3. A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
4. (informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.

   Hypernyms: motorcycle, bike < vehicle < conveyance

   Meronym: apehangers

5. (electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
6. (archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
7. (baseball) A high-bouncing batted ball.
8. (slang) The penis.
9. (slang) An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
   • 2019 March 1, Rico Nasty, “Tia Tamera”, in Maria-Cecilia Simone Kelly (lyrics), Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (music), Amala‎ (FLAC), performed by Rico Nasty, Los Angeles: Kemosabe Records, published 2019:

     My chopper sing like Sia, make a bitch sick diarrhea.

10. (Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
11. A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.

同意語

• (slang: penis): See Thesaurus:penis.

派生語

語源 2

From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' "Angel of Mercy" helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War.

名詞

chopper (plural choppers)

1. (informal) A helicopter.
   • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:

     There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps
     And rigs of every size.
     Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears
     And choppers filled the skies.

同意語

• (helicopter): whirlybird

派生語

• Chopper

動詞

chopper (third-person singular simple present choppers, present participle choppering, simple past and past participle choppered)

1. (informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 288:

     They lifted Catholics. Civil Rights guys, mostly. Low-level nationalists. Choppered them off to some interrogation centre outside Belfast.

アナグラム

• prechop