different between shopper vs chopper

English

Etymology

shop +? -er

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /???p.?/
• (AusE) IPA^(key): /???p.?/
• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /???.p?/
• (PakE) IPA^(key): /????.p??/
• Rhymes: -?p?(r)

Noun

shopper (plural shoppers)

1. A person who shops.
2. A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
3. A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.
   • 2010, Malc Cowle, The Adventures of a Bicycle Frame Builder

     Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers, tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.

4. (Pakistan) A plastic shopping bag.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• hoppers

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??p.?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?t??p.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??.p?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Etymology 1

chop +? -er

Noun

chopper (plural choppers)

1. A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
2. A knife for chopping food.
3. (archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
4. A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
5. (slang) The penis.
6. (informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker/bikie gangs.
7. (slang) An assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
8. (electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
9. (Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

Synonyms

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

Translations

Etymology 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

Noun

chopper (plural choppers)

1. (informal) A helicopter.

Synonyms

• (helicopter): whirlybird

Translations

Verb

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

1. (informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.

Translations

Anagrams

• prechop

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pe/

Verb

chopper

1. (archaic, intransitive) to stumble

Conjugation

Derived terms

• choper

Further reading

• “chopper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).