[chop-ee] 
| 1. | (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves. |
| 2. | (of the wind) shifting or changing suddenly or irregularly; variable. |
| 3. | uneven in style or quality or characterized by poorly related parts: The book was a choppy first novel. |
| chop·py 1 (chŏp'ē) adj. chop·pi·er, chop·pi·est Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas. [From chop1.] chop'pi·ly adv., chop'pi·ness n. |
| chop·py 2 (chŏp'ē) adj. chop·pi·er, chop·pi·est Abruptly shifting; variable. Used of the wind. [From chop2.] |
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