(a.) Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Of course this recovery which is starting is likely to be choppy and uneven.
(2) It all amounts to increasing uncertainty at Leeds, the latest squall on their voyage through choppy waters.
(3) He directed the paper through choppy waters in its relationship with the Bush administration, earning the then president's wrath with a steady stream of scoops on the US government's use of phone tapping and torture.
(4) "This report shows that the recovery will be choppy for economies around the world but confirms, like other independent forecasters including the IMF and Office for Budget Responsibility , that the UK will continue to grow steadily in the years ahead," he added.
(5) "Look, there will be choppy waters and there will be Liberal Democrats who are nervous about the figures coming out," a source close to Nick Clegg told the Observer .
(6) Poland was never expected to unseat Tusk, but the row threatens to fracture the unity European leaders are seeking in time for the EU’s 60th birthday celebrations at the end of the month and before entering the choppy waters of Brexit talks.
(7) And, as we make our way along this choppy recovery, how can we better shield bill payers from price shocks in oil and gas?
(8) To produce this fine mist of sea spray artificially, Salter envisages thousands of unmanned yachts zigzagging across the sea, carrying equipment to make very choppy waves, known as Faraday waves.
(9) But yes, it will be a choppy period that we'll go through."
(10) But if you are in choppy waters you don't change the captain."
(11) ‘owl-light’ (Lancashire) fizmer the whispering sound of wind in reeds or grass (Fenland) grimlins the night hours around midsummer when dusk blends into dawn (Orkney) The word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane on rewilding our language of landscape Read more gruffy ground the surface landscape left behind by lead-mining (Somerset) grumma a mirage caused by mist or haze (Shetland) hob-gob a dangerously choppy sea (Suffolk) muxy of land; sticky, miry, muddy (Exmoor) outshifts the fringes and boundaries of a town (Cambridgeshire) roarie-bummlers fast-moving storm clouds (Scots) snow-bones long thin patches of snow still lying after a thaw, often in dips or stream-cuts (Yorkshire) turn-whol a deep and seething pool where two quick streams meet (Cumbria) zwer the whirring sound made by a covey of partridge taking flight (Exmoor)
(12) We are headed into very, very choppy waters.” Russia and Trump: the chronicle of a scandal Read more “The pressure brought to bear on Comey could well amount to obstruction of justice depending on the intent and motive,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut.
(13) The choppy waters crash into the concrete wall creating a dramatic backdrop.
(14) While a double-dip recession remains unlikely, the survey suggests that the risk has increased and that growth looks set to be slow and choppy going forward."
(15) It was clear from the beginning, however, that writing was one of the few constants in her choppy existence.
(16) On financial markets, investors are gearing up for choppy trading between now and the 23 June vote.
(17) But we’re also very clear that there’s much much more that we want and can do to improve the business yet further.” Supermarkets including Tesco are braced for a choppy year ahead, as the sharp fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote pushes up the price of imported foods and ingredients.
(18) Hence the Godard-influenced vignette-style layering of authentic photos that place the film's events firmly into their historical context, a choppy narrative timeline and, rather more surreally, a talking dog.
(19) On currency markets the euro had a choppy day although oil prices rose amid some signs of an improvement in the US economy .
(20) Her wealth and breadth of experience will be critical in steering the CBI through choppy political and economic waters, including an EU referendum.” Fairbairn began her career as an economist at the World Bank and then worked as a journalist at the Economist and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. She was also a Downing Street policy adviser from 1995-97 when John Major was prime minister and ITV’s director of strategy between 2007 and 2010.
Popple
Definition:
(v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.
(n.) The poplar.
(n.) Tares.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the course of investigation of the relationship between hypersensitivity pneumonitis and the wood industry 45 popple peelers were studied.
(2) On Wednesday, information commissioner John McMillan, privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim and freedom of information commissioner James Popple released a joint statement that confirmed the office would be disbanded by January 2015.
(3) The Australian information commissioner, John McMillan, told a Senate inquiry on Thursday that he and the freedom of information commissioner, James Popple, had established home offices in what he described as a “slightly more awkward” working environment.
(4) It is concluded that the occupation of popple peeling does not represent an increased risk of development of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
(5) The acting information commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, has now essentially assumed the role of all three commissioners after the departure of McMillan and the freedom of information commissioner, James Popple.