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 An optional Reverse Flight Kit even allows the copter to fly upside-down. New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025 The impact ejected Navy Petty Officer Neil Roberts into the snow below and forced the copter down. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025 This was a ten or twenty thousand dollar copter a few years ago and flying those took a great deal of skill. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2014 One finding even goes so far as to pinpoint and classify idiosyncrasies in piloting skills—so perhaps repeat offenders might one day be spotted by the thumbprint their copter leaves on the sky. IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2020 See All Example Sentences for copter
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Noun
  • The Placer County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, search and rescue units, CAL FIRE’s Technical Rescue Team and a California Highway Patrol helicopter were used in the rescue efforts.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
  • President Donald Trump can be seen speaking to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House on June 24 in Washington, D.C.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • In the top of the sixth inning with the Mets trying to finish off a sweep of the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon, C.J. Abrams hit a chopper to the left of the first base bag.
    Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
  • When his chopper crashed in 1966, ultimately putting him out of business, Osmond joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 7 June 2025

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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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