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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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verb

present tense third-person singular of helicopter
as in jets

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Recent Examples of helicopters
Noun
After using unconventional tactics, such as water-dropping helicopters, LAFD crews knocked down the fire and returned the property to Lineage for cleanup. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of personnel have been deployed to battle the fire, with the German army sending tanks and firefighting helicopters providing air support. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 To bridge this gap, the US Navy tested AI on Seahawk helicopters as an assistant to human aircrews. — David Szondy august 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 Aerial footage showed firefighters and paramedics treating passengers in a field next to the train, with several ambulances and three helicopters on the scene. — Nick Duffy, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 Close calls between helicopters and planes were not unique to Reagan National Airport. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Russian Defense Ministry figures reported separately put the number of participating aircraft, helicopters and unmanned systems at around 30. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Fifty engines, 16 bulldozers and eight water tankers are working alongside 16 crews on the ground; while four helicopters battle the blaze from the air. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopters
  1. choppers
  2. jets
  3. rockets
  4. catapults
  5. orbits
Noun
  • But Skyfall will be more capable than Ingenuity, whose main job was to show that choppers can explore the thin skies of Mars.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The president claimed that a new helipad had to be put in to preserve the White House lawn after the choppers used for Marine One were replaced in 2024 with more powerful aircraft.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 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
  • The album also rockets 14-4 on the Top Streaming Albums chart.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The same title, Boone’s sophomore project, also rockets almost 25 spaces up the Official Album Downloads chart.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Definition of rockets
Verb
  • 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
  • And soon, an explosion of violence takes place that catapults the audience back through their lives, from the ’80s to the present day.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of catapults
Verb
  • The Perseids, like all meteors, are offshoots from comets, specifically the Swift-Tuttle Comet which orbits the Sun every 133 years.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The parent comet of the Perseids — the comet that sheds particles resulting in the meteor shower — is 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun about every 133 years.
    — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of orbits

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