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
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.
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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
Search: Boats, a copter and a postcard Within hours of the escape, investigators scoured the waters around Alcatraz.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
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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
Search: Boats, a copter and a postcard Within hours of the escape, investigators scoured the waters around Alcatraz.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copter
Noun
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National Guard troops were delivering supplies by truck and helicopter.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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About 80 warming centers were opened, and National Guard troops delivered supplies by truck and helicopter.—
Kristin M. Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her central booking agent is now EYOS, an expedition agency that organizes the sublime and the unattainable for a billionaire elite, from heliskiing in Greenland to longlining from a chopper into virgin Colombian jungle.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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This vegetable chopper is backed by over 92,000 five-star ratings by shoppers who say it chops, dices, ribbons, and spiralizes fruits and veggies in seconds.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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