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
Video from the crash showed the chopper plunging into the water without a tail rotor or a main rotor blade.
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Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2025
Weeks later, a chopper used for executive travel struck the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper, killing the pilot.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Lodges, reachable only by chopper or small plane, such as those from Pelorus Air, create a circuit for both golfers and wine aficionados as well as for hikers looking to explore peaks, glaciers, and deep-river gorges à la hobbits Frodo and Sam.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
What follows is something resembling a helicopter dogfight in which multiple Army choppers chase Tommy and company through the LA sky.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2025
Weeks later, a chopper used for executive travel struck the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper, killing the pilot.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Lodges, reachable only by chopper or small plane, such as those from Pelorus Air, create a circuit for both golfers and wine aficionados as well as for hikers looking to explore peaks, glaciers, and deep-river gorges à la hobbits Frodo and Sam.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
What follows is something resembling a helicopter dogfight in which multiple Army choppers chase Tommy and company through the LA sky.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopper
helicopter
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The stakes for air safety were made clear in January when an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
19 May 2025
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They'll be followed later by newer aircraft, including 50 Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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“Chopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopper. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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