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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
The search involved 11 rescue vessels, divers, helicopters and marine units from multiple agencies as crews searched the waters between Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge. — James Ward, USA Today, 15 July 2026 Overhead, drones still dart and helicopters hover, their noises now easily identifiable. — James Gordon, Time, 14 July 2026 Thousands of soldiers started taking up positions early Tuesday, many taking selfies as helicopters flew overhead. — Eva Van Dam, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Pilots are launching into a bottleneck already packed with ferries, commercial vessels, and tour boats, while sharing tight overhead airspace with NYPD, news, and helicopters, often with limited visibility. — Janet Handal, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026 In Missouri, floodwater swept away a home, and National Guard helicopters had to rescue and evacuate dozens of people from a summer camp. — Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 Beyond drone operations, the airfield is also capable of supporting small aircraft and helicopters used for missions such as wildfire response. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 11 July 2026 On July 8, contract workers will use helicopters to round up 500 of the horses and cart them away to holding pens. — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 At also raises questions about helicopters in the counter-drone role. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopters
  1. choppers
  2. jets
  3. rockets
  4. catapults
  5. orbits
Noun
  • The singer and five others were killed when two choppers collided in Brazil.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
  • The two choppers, one carrying Tree and four others, and the second one carrying just a pilot, collided over Rio de Janiero and plummeted to the ground, according to local officials and media.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 June 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
  • As Earth orbits the sun, the sunset point shifts along the horizon through the year.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of orbits

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