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wind chop

wind chop noun: rough, choppy waves caused by strong winds.

Noun

wind chop (uncountable)

  1. Rough, choppy waves caused by strong winds.
    • With a little luck, they struck it bad. Three-foot wind chop, one-foot waves and three inches of rain.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

Questions about wind chop

What does wind chop mean?
Wind chop means rough, choppy waves caused by strong winds.
What part of speech is wind chop?
Wind chop is a noun.

Words near wind chop in the dictionary

  1. wind chill factor
  2. wind chill factors
  3. wind chills
  4. wind chime
  5. wind chimes
  6. wind chop
  7. wind cone
  8. wind cones
  9. wind controller
  10. wind deflector
  11. wind deflectors

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