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| hel·i·cop·ter [ hélli kòptər ] |
noun (plural hel·i·cop·ters) |
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aircraft with rotors: an aircraft without wings that moves by means of large blades rotors that spin around above it. It can fly vertically and horizontally and can hover.
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle hel·i·cop·tered, present participle hel·i·cop·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular hel·i·cop·ters) |
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fly in helicopter: to travel or transport somebody or something in a helicopter
  The survivors were helicoptered to a hospital.
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| [Late 19th century. < French hélicoptère< Greek helix "spiral" + pteron "wing"] |
