Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of clefts or cracks; chapped; wrinkled.
  • Same as chopping.
  • Uncertain as to direction; subject to frequent and sudden change; unsteady: as, a choppy wind.
  • Irregular; unstable; fluctuating as to prices or rates: as, choppy markets.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Full of cracks.
  • adjective Rough, with short, tumultuous waves.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of the surface of water having many small, rough waves
  • adjective Discontinuous, intermittent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective marked by abrupt transitions
  • adjective rough with small waves

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  • I agree that a heavy jig head is better for walleyes, like he said for the lateral line sound and for better lure action in choppy water, good info.

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  • I agree that a heavy jig head is better for walleyes, like he said for the lateral line sound and for better lure action in choppy water, good info.

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