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helicopter

[ hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li- ]

noun

  1. any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.


verb (used without object)

  1. to fly in a helicopter.

verb (used with object)

  1. to convey in a helicopter.

helicopter

/ ˈɛɪˌɒə /

noun

  1. an aircraft capable of hover, vertical flight, and horizontal flight in any direction. Most get all of their lift and propulsion from the rotation of overhead blades See also autogiro
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to transport (people or things) or (of people or things) to be transported by helicopter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of helicopter1

From the French word éDZè, dating back to 1885–90. See helico-, -pter
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of helicopter1

C19: from French éDZè, from helico- + Greek pteron wing
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German outlet Bild reports that a police helicopter has been deployed and vehicles entering and leaving the town are being checked.

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A helicopter is to be dispatched prior to the meeting to assess the damage to the area from the air.

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He was then taken by helicopter to a hospital in Houston, where he died.

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In 2021, Tom Cruise surprised locals of Pickering when he touched down in a helicopter to shoot scenes for Mission: Impossible at a heritage railway.

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Even the normally loquacious president stopped only briefly to talk with the crush of reporters on his way to board the Marine One helicopter on the first leg of his journey to Florida.

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