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# choppy

«choppy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Full of small, rough waves, because of wind: «choppy water»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (choppy, choppier, choppiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of the sea or a lake) Full of small, rough waves, because of wind: «choppy water». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#m1)

2) (of writing, speech or music) Broken into short, jerky parts that do not flow well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#m2)

3) (of hair) Cut in uneven layers on purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, travel and safety, choppy water makes boat trips bumpy and can make people seasick; swimmers and kayakers must take care. In writing lessons, teachers say «Your sentences are choppy — try joining some with «and» or «because»».

### examples

- The sea was too choppy for the ferry to sail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#x1)
- We felt seasick on the choppy water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#x2)
- The lake got choppy when the wind picked up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#x3)
- Your paragraph is a bit choppy; join some sentences together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#x4)
- The video was choppy because the internet was slow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#x5)
- She has a short, choppy haircut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/#x6)

### note

Comparatives: choppier, choppiest. Opposites: calm, smooth, flat. Not to do with chopping food, though it comes from «chop».

### In the corpora

- [Big waves are scary, but boats are built to handle rough ("choppy") water; seasickness makes fear feel worse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/8-scary-things-in-the-world-news-strangers-war-and-what-ifs/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «choppy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choppy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.