Definition of helicopter
: an aircraft whose lift is derived from the aerodynamic forces acting on one or more powered rotors turning about substantially vertical axes
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Examples of helicopter in a Sentence
took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon
Recent Examples of helicopter from the Web
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Local media helicopters were over the home during the incident.
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Disaster agency chief Sergio Cabanas also said Monday that helicopters had rescued 10 people from areas hit by thick ash, mud or lava.
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As helicopters passed overhead, the tribe and the Bureau talked about background checks that kept tribal members out of the school and the long shot possibility of starting a basketball team.
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An Acadian Ambulance Air Med helicopter landed on the interstate to pick up one of the occupants in the vehicle, video from the scene shows.
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In a scene now familiar to all Americans, the students were corralled by armed officers outside the building as local TV news helicopters hovered overhead.
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News helicopters thrummed overhead, the police were called in for backup, and a crowd of rubberneckers peered through the chain-link fence at the edge of the Prospect Park soccer field.
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The incident occurred July 2013, when a television news helicopter's camera picked up on a green Honda Accord fleeing from officers with the Regional Auto Theft Task Force.
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One helicopter lowered a person to the site, who was able to determine that the pilot had died.
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Origin and Etymology of helicopter
helicopter Synonyms
Definition of helicopter
: to transport by helicopter
Recent Examples of helicopter from the Web
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If that happens, about 1,000 people would have to be helicoptered to safety, reports CBS News' Mark Strassmann.
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Wilson, comatose, was helicoptered to a nearby hospital.
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Little Louis has been busy meeting his grandmother the Queen who helicoptered to Kensington Palace last week, while Prince Charles has also been to see his new grandson.
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The lumber shattered just above his hands, and the barrel helicoptered into the high, protective netting behind home plate on the first base side.
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The lumber split just above his hands, and the barrel helicoptered into the high, protective netting behind home plate on the first base side.
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Good Samaritans applied tourniquets to the victim's leg, who was later helicoptered to North Hawaii Community Hospital.
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There was even the time the American was helicoptered off a mountain after a body-battering crash during downhill training at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
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Officials helicoptered a male pronghorn to a breeding pen at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and trucked others to herds nearby, Hervert said.
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First Known Use of helicopter
1952
HELICOPTER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of helicopter for English Language Learners
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: an aircraft that can stay in the air without moving forward and that has metal blades that turn around on its top
HELICOPTER Defined for Kids
Definition of helicopter for Students
: an aircraft supported in the air by horizontal propellers
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