chop·py
ˈchä-pē 
choppier; choppiest
1
: being roughened : chapped
2
: rough with small waves
3
a
: interrupted by ups and downs
choppy terrain
a choppy career
b
: jerky
short choppy strides
c
: disconnected
choppy writing
Examples of choppy in a Sentence
Adjective (1)
a sharp, choppy wind coming off the lake
the old cable car provides a picturesque but choppy ride to the mountain's peak
the plot was intriguing, but the author's style was so choppy that I finally gave up in frustration
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Greg Friedman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The model posed for the cameras on the red carpet before the show with uneven forehead bangs and choppy layers framing her face.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Her hair, which once looked like bangs going across her face, turned into a choppy, middle part.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
But for now, stocks will interpret this latest Fed outlook as a favorable one, even after a choppy session Wednesday.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
All in all, the winners in this choppy period for the office market won’t be passive buyers or those who are still casting a backward look at pre-2022 conditions; the winners will be strategic operators willing to step into the gaps created by CRE’s seismic shift.
—Greg Friedman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The model posed for the cameras on the red carpet before the show with uneven forehead bangs and choppy layers framing her face.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Her hair, which once looked like bangs going across her face, turned into a choppy, middle part.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
But for now, stocks will interpret this latest Fed outlook as a favorable one, even after a choppy session Wednesday.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Choppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choppy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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choppy
1 of 2 adjective
chop·py
ˈchäp-ē
choppier; choppiest
: changeable sense 1, variable
choppy wind
choppy
2 of 2 adjective
choppier; choppiest
1
: rough with small waves
the lake was choppy
2
: marked by sudden stops and starts : not connected smoothly
short choppy sentences
choppiness
noun
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