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CHOPPINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choppiness mean? 

CHOPPINESS (noun)
  The noun CHOPPINESS has 1 sense:

1. used of the sea during inclement or stormy weatherplay

  Familiarity information: CHOPPINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHOPPINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

choppiness; rough water; roughness

Hypernyms ("choppiness" is a kind of...):

storminess (the state of being stormy)

Derivation:

choppy (rough with small waves)


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