Choppy water has a lot of small waves. The sea being choppy, by this time the vessel echoed from end to end with groans and lamentations. The meaning of choppy is being roughened :
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Needed to edit the choppy prose in the essay.
This book is an anchor in choppy political waters.
They chose to put the cash in the bank rather than into the choppy stockmarket. (definition of choppy from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press) (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves. Strong wind blowing across a bay, for example, turns the water choppy and rough.
Definition of choppy adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy. See examples of choppy used in a sentence.
The boat was still moving with unabated speed, and the dark, choppy water stretched all round them.
Marked by sudden stops and starts not connected smoothly When the markets turn choppy, good advice can save you. Something with a jerky, abrupt way of moving or flowing is also choppy, whether it's a piece of music or a filmed scene.