Thesaurus results for CHOPPER

chopper

noun

ˈchä-pər

Definition of chopper

as in helicopter

a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone

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Recent Examples of chopper The choppers included both marked CBP and what appeared to be military Black Hawks. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026 Gunna pulls up to the opulent party in style, taking a chopper in with his love interest. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026 Lowe hit a high chopper to drive in Kwan, but Newcomb threw it wide of the bag at first, allowing Ramírez to score on the error. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Details of medical chopper crash off Catalina emerge Three people died after a medical transport helicopter flying from Santa Catalina Island to the mainland crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday; two others were rescued and stable. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chopper

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopper

helicopter

Noun

Each ship comes with 16 missile launch cells, a Lockheed Martin SPY-7 radar, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, and other cutting-edge missile defense capabilities.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Before midday, rescuers in a state helicopter were trying to reach two people stranded in a motor home after trying to escape floodwaters, said Archuleta County Sheriff Mike Le Roux.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026