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noun

plural of helicopter
as in choppers
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon

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helicopters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of helicopter
as in jets

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Recent Examples of helicopters
Noun
In summer, those same helicopters can whisk you to a remote stream or high mountain lake to fly-fish for trout, or a mountaintop for yoga and meditation. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 Japan deployed 300 crew members, landing ship JS Kunisaki and three CH-47 helicopters, which arrived in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 One guy in cargo shorts and a battered Ramones T-shirt kept casting dirty looks at the sky, clearly annoyed at the thumping of the TV news helicopters — there were at least three overhead at all times — drowning out his commentary. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 About 110 fire personnel are on scene, including 19 engines, five water tenders and two helicopters. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 My 8-year-old grandson will never forget seeing and hearing helicopters flying low over our home in Little Village. — Jesus Chuy Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 The Lincoln, its broad flight deck packed with helicopters and warplanes, including the latest F-35 fighter jets, arrived in Laem Chabang early Sept 2. — USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Snipers were stationed atop MSG, with surveillance helicopters heard overhead. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 The Martian atmosphere is thin, just 1 percent the density of air at sea level on Earth, so helicopters flying on Mars must spin their rotors faster than on Earth to generate lift. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopters
  1. choppers
  2. jets
  3. rockets
  4. catapults
  5. orbits
Noun
  • Throughout Friday, choppers took off and landing constantly from the Trishuli barracks.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Out back, a custom stainless steel exhaust pipe rises vertically right next to the sissy bar, echoing classic vintage choppers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of choppers
Verb
  • The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of jets
Verb
  • Following Parton’s death, the collection rockets all the way to first place with only a few days of solid tracking activity behind its ascent.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The album also rockets 14-4 on the Top Streaming Albums chart.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2025
Definition of rockets
Verb
  • The stark white tip offers an especially bright touch that catapults the design into mod-era loveliness.
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For a few years now, there’s been at least one young Western Conference team that catapults up the standings from the lottery more dramatically than anyone predicts.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Definition of catapults
Verb
  • Astronomers have witnessed a small, icy body that orbits the sun out beyond Jupiter transforming into a comet, providing a missing link between comets and inert bodies called centaurs.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The new definition of a planet, according to Nat Geo, is an object that orbits the Sun, is large enough to have become round (due to the force of its own gravity) and dominates the neighborhood around its orbit.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of orbits

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“Helicopters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopters. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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