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🚁 A helicopter 🦷 A tooth 🔪 A large knife 🚁 To fly by helicopter ⚾ A bouncing ball
chopper

chopper

1 8.2
A batted ball that hits the ground and bounces high
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɑːpər/
  • Jargon
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  • After a quick throw to third, the infielder barely managed to catch the high chopper for the out.
  • a chopper to third

I hit a high chopper, didn't leave the infield for a base sit.

Examples

  • The Tigers hit a chopper in front of the plate, and it turned into a rally-quashing double play.

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  • I hit a high chopper, didn't leave the infield for a base sit.

    Ed Mylett

  • Then a chopper hits third base and quirks out into left for a two-out double.

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  • The Giants hit a chopper in front of the plate, and it turned into a two-out double that led to a four-run rally.

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  • During the game, the player hit a chopper that bounced over the pitcher's head for a base hit.

  • The shortstop made an incredible play to snag the chopper before it went into the outfield.

Compounds

bowl chopper
  • Specialized
7.6

A machine that chops and mixes meat quickly with fast blades in a round bowl

chopper knife
  • US
4.9

A large heavy knife with a wide blade for cutting meat and vegetables

Surface Forms

chopper singular
choppers plural

Morphology

chopper = chop (semi-transparent) = chop + er

It refers to a ball produced by a chopping kind of hit, but the exact baseball sense is specialized and not obvious from the morphology alone.

Etymology

The word chopper in baseball comes from the idea of the ball 'chopping' into the ground and bouncing high. So a high bouncing ground ball is called a chopper.