Thesaurus results for CHOPPER

chopper

noun

ˈchä-pər

as in helicopter

a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone

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Recent Examples of chopper The next batter, Johnston, hit a chopper up the middle. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 The only way to keep them, though, is to call a chopper and hook them up for extraction. —

Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026 Police recorded a case in which four individuals were picked up on one chopper flight, but insurance claims were filed as more than one separate rescue, the report noted. —

Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026 The second video shows the Apache turning to face Rock as a second chopper zooms by in the background. —

Jack Dunn, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chopper

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helicopter

Noun

Then commandos used mini-helicopters to reach the mountains, extract the weapons officer, and fly him back to the airfield.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Apr. 2026
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, then flown by helicopter to one in Denver.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026