Chopper - Definition and Overview

The word "Chopper," when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language:

• Chopper (motorcycle) - a motorcycle were many parts were removed (chopped) or replaced, esp. a radically customized Harley-Davidson as seen in the movie Easy Rider
• The Raleigh Chopper was a bicycle styled and named after these motorcycles. It was very popular in Britain during the 1970s.
• "Chopper" is a slang term for a Helicopter, and in some British English dialects, for penis.
• A Chopper is another name for an axe, as in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons which contains the line "Here comes a chopper to chop off your head".
• chopper (fish)
• Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read Australian drug lord and author.
• Chopper (movie), a 2000 movie about Mark Brandon Read.