choppier
Increasingly rough waters
Choppier is the comparative form of choppy.
Water that is choppier has more short, irregular waves: The sea got choppier as the storm approached.
Extended to anything rough or uneven—choppier prose, a choppier flight, choppier negotiations.
Cured meat snack
- staccatoShort, separated note style
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
irregular · fitful · spasmodic · lurching · jolting · bumpy · rough · jarring
Lacking regularity or consistency
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- patchyIrregular in coverage
- variableProne to fluctuation
- fluctuatingShifting irregularly over time
unsteady · spotty · unreliable · unpredictable · inconsistent · irregular · volatile · unstable
Broken into pieces
- disjointedLacking orderly sequence
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
abrupt · clipped · terse · stilted · unpolished · rough · crude · unrefined
jerky
Cured meat snack
- staccatoShort, separated note style
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
uneven · irregular · fitful · spasmodic · lurching · jolting · bumpy · rough · jarring · abrupt
erratic
Lacking regularity or consistency
fluctuating · unsteady · spotty · unreliable · unpredictable · inconsistent · irregular · volatile · unstable · wavering
fragmented
Broken into pieces
- disjointedLacking orderly sequence
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- incoherentLacking logical connection
jumbled · abrupt · clipped · terse · stilted · unpolished · rough · crude · unrefined · jagged
turbulent
Violently agitated or disturbed
rough · surf · spray · foam · squalls · gusts · windswept · billowing · surging · tossing
- chopping blockSurface for cutting meat
- chopping upCutting into pieces
- chopping boardSurface for slicing food
- chopping vegetablesCutting food into pieces
- chopping it upTalking casually together
- wooden chopping boardsLumber surfaces for food prep