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Definition of Choppier
1. choppy [adj] - See also: choppy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choppier
Literary usage of Choppier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"Beaches on the windier Atlantic Ocean coast tend to have choppier seas but offer
excellent surfing and wind-surfing. Check locally for any swimming risks. ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Then I had good reason to groan, for Charlie, discarding his favourite centipede
metres, had launched into shorter and choppier verse, and verse with a ..."
3. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"In the latter of these the lines are shorter and choppier, and the tension is
sharper accordingly, as befits the more terrible nature of the doom, ..."
4. Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting by Patricia Lawrence, Darrell Arlynn Amyx (1996)
"126-128, 310-311), but the renderings are choppier and less flowing, and the
field is more cluttered. Early Corinthian. 38 PYXIS LID PI. 10 C-40-220. ..."
5. Gunner Depew by Albert N. Depew (1918)
"As we rounded the point, the seas got choppier, and there were cross currents
bucking the ship from every angle, it seemed. You could not see two hundred ..."
6. Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling (1893)
"Then I had good reason to groan, for Charlie, discarding his favourite centipede
metres, had launched into shorter and choppier verse, and verse with a ..."
7. The Log of the Ark by Irwin Leslie Gordon, Alfred Joseph Frueh (1915)
"SEA—choppier. SHIP'S RUN—same. WIRELESS REPORT —Record high water in Babylon.
Stores flooded. Boats in streets. REMARKS : That bunk of mine is made of ..."
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