adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
choppy (= with a lot of small waves )
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The wind was starting to pick up and the sea was becoming choppy.
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The yachts bobbed around on the choppy sea.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sea
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The more experienced may try Villa-Flotilla in Yalikavak, where high wind courses give the confidence needed to cope with choppy seas .
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A storm rages that night, bringing heavy winds and choppy seas .
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Note the changing patterns of the tides, their rhythmic waves, choppy seas , fast-flowing currents and white crests.
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Small buildings, like small boats on a choppy sea , are rocked especially hard by their passing.
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The hard shale was now gone and the flat lake had become a choppy sea of sand and rock.
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At Juara, there's a welcome breeze, a choppy sea and very little else.
water
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Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!
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Across the choppy water from them stands Billingsgate Fish Market, smartened up to tone with the neighbourhood.
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Indeed, even in the fast choppy water the practised eye can spot his prey a hundred yards away.
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Good timing of the turn makes an enormous difference, especially in choppy water .
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It served as excuse for a quick survey of the choppy water below.
waters
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The giant fund-raising event took place on Saturday but the choppy waters caused some competitors to capsize.
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The town planning ship ran into choppy waters and it remains in uncertain seas.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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music with a choppy rhythm
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A storm rages that night, bringing heavy winds and choppy seas.
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Drifting out of an open window, riding over a choppy bassline, comes the distinctive voice of Omar.
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Small buildings, like small boats on a choppy sea, are rocked especially hard by their passing.
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Some of this was done no doubt to keep control in choppy political waters.
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The giant fund-raising event took place on Saturday but the choppy waters caused some competitors to capsize.
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The laughter tumbled out of him in choppy spurts.
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The town planning ship ran into choppy waters and it remains in uncertain seas.
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The wind there was sharp from the east, the North Sea steel-grey and choppy .