Meaning & use
helicopter
An aircraft that flies using horizontal rotating blades above it, allowing vertical takeoff and hovering.
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A rescue helicopter hovered above the flooded valley, lowering a rope to survivors.
The news team used a helicopter to film the traffic jam from above.
A note on using this word
As an informal verb, "helicopter" describes overprotective parenting, as in "helicopter parent."
Words with a similar meaning
chopper
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