as in helicopters
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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Noun
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In addition to more than 60 units, firefighters also are using helicopters to dump water.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026 -
Drones and helicopters can work ahead of a dog, but the bloodhound is hard to beat.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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The 24-year-old traded two of his choppers for Olympic glory, and in so doing forever cemented himself in American hockey lore.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Copters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copters. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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