copter
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈkɒptə/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈkɑptɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
A helicopter.
Usage- Informal
- Synonyms
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2005, Sin City (the film), Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter.
Verb
To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
Usage- Informal
- Transitive
To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.
Usage- Informal
- Intransitive
To move like a helicopter.
Usage- Informal
- Intransitive
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More examples (1)
The sidelong whiplash of his arm sent the boomerang soaring, pushing the sky to the horizon until the blade just hung there, a black slash on the sun so far away it seemed not to move at all before it came whirling back larger and larger: would it hit him, would he die — and you ducked down, terrified, clinging to his thigh, its deathspin slowing as it coptered softly down and he snatched it from the air.
Word forms
copters'coptercopterscopteringcopteredcoptered