as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend
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Recent Examples of copter
That engine takes the copter to a cruising speed of a 62 mph (100 km/h).
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Ben Coxworth
october 21, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
To avoid competition for charters, many have invested in personal ‘copters for the regular trip, says Jim Rohrstaff of Legacy Partners, which developed Te Arai Links.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Towel-waving involves an intricate flow of flips, curls, and twirls, each with its own name: helicopter, dirty copter, pizza, super8.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Rescuers aboard the copter plucked the hiker to safety from a riverbank, the helicopter touching down in a clearing where, even after his ordeal, the hiker was able to walk from the craft under his own power.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Ben Coxworth
october 21, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
To avoid competition for charters, many have invested in personal ‘copters for the regular trip, says Jim Rohrstaff of Legacy Partners, which developed Te Arai Links.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Towel-waving involves an intricate flow of flips, curls, and twirls, each with its own name: helicopter, dirty copter, pizza, super8.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Rescuers aboard the copter plucked the hiker to safety from a riverbank, the helicopter touching down in a clearing where, even after his ordeal, the hiker was able to walk from the craft under his own power.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copter
Noun
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Running from the law Enforcement of the nudity ban has never been a high priority, but in March 1994 police rushed onto the beach in force, with a helicopter buzzing overhead.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Ballot boxes were being collected from remote mountain villages in the northern parts of the country using helicopters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Eagles strung together four consecutive hits, capped by Ty Mainolfi’s chopper down the third-base line going into left field for an RBI double before Nick Wang hit a three-run home run to left-center.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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For a couple of years in the late 1970s, Harley-Davidson made a café racer called the XLCR, which featured singular styling quite unlike the company's hefty choppers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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