choppy
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈtʃɑːpi/
:
picado
- The water was choppy due to the strong winds, making it difficult for the boats to navigate.
- choppy seas
- choppy waters
So it's kind of like you got the wind at your back, but you're in really choppy waters.
- So it's kind of like you got the wind at your back, but you're in really choppy waters.
- The water was choppy like we were and I did not get sick at all.
Examples
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I'm hunched in the stern of a motorboat that's skimming across the choppy waters of Alcova Reservoir.
Academic text (2009) -
We are expecting some choppy seas and light drizzle.
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Good news is it's going to be less choppy than last night.
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The water was choppy like we were and I did not get sick at all.
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Sorry about the choppy ride.
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Water gets choppy out your way.
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The water that day was so choppy.
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It is a little choppy out there.
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Beyond the cliffs, the sea was choppy and steel gray.
Fiction book (1999) -
The lone sailboat bounced across the choppy water, racing for the darkening, pine-covered shore more than a mile away.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A surface or movement that is not smooth and has small raised parts
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4.3
Moving in sudden, uneven ways that are not smooth
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2.3
Not smooth or level, with parts higher and lower
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6.6
Full of confusion and disorder among people, politics, or events
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4.4
Small waves appear on a surface like water or fabric
With small, gentle waves on the surface, like water or cloth
Antonyms
How Choppy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Choppy comes from the simple verb chop, which means 'to cut' or 'to strike'. Think of waves 'chopping' the water into many small, rough pieces, so choppy water is uneven and full of small waves.