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to chopper

to chopper

6 6.1
To travel in a helicopter or carry people and goods by it
  • verb
  • /ˈtʃɑːpər/
  • Informal
translation icon : transportar en helicóptero
  • You can chopper in at wave-top height, then suddenly flare above the platform, fast-rope down, and swarm the bad guys.
  • unit choppered in
  • body will be choppered

Examples

  • We need to chopper supplies to the remote village after the storm damage.

  • Your objective is to head north to the D'ang Kwook River and liberate the POW camp, at which point Four Leaf will get himself captured, at which point you will rescue him, at which point we will chopper you home!

    Tropic Thunder (2008)

  • How high can we chopper in?

    Vertical Limit (2000)

  • Maybe we could chopper more in.

    Volcano (1997)

  • Go ahead and chopper her in.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Then you're gonna have to chopper in.

    The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

  • They'll chopper out a surgeon within the hour.

    Shark Night 3D (2011)

  • She had to be choppered to a burn unit in San Diego.

    Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)

  • The paramedics had to chopper the injured hiker to the hospital quickly.

  • They decided to chopper in the new equipment for the construction site.

Synonyms

to helicopter
vsto chopper
4 4.7

To move people or things by a flying machine with turning blades

is about transporting objects by rotor aircraft rather than people
to medevac
vsto chopper
  • Specialized
1 4.9

To move someone by helicopter or plane to a hospital for treatment

is general transport by such aircraft, not focused on medical evacuation
to helo
vsto chopper
  • Jargon
1 9.7

To carry people or supplies by helicopter, often in military missions

is general transport by such aircraft, not limited to military use

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

chop infinitive
chopped past
chopped past participle
chopping present participle
chops third person singular

Morphology

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

Once the noun 'chopper' meaning 'helicopter' is known, the verb meaning 'to transport or travel by helicopter' is a straightforward conversion.

Etymology

The verb use of chopper (to chopper something) comes from the noun chopper for helicopter being used as a verb. So to 'chopper' is simply to travel by or carry something by helicopter.