as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend
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Recent Examples of copter
An optional Reverse Flight Kit even allows the copter to fly upside-down.
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New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025
The impact ejected Navy Petty Officer Neil Roberts into the snow below and forced the copter down.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025
This was a ten or twenty thousand dollar copter a few years ago and flying those took a great deal of skill.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2014
One finding even goes so far as to pinpoint and classify idiosyncrasies in piloting skills—so perhaps repeat offenders might one day be spotted by the thumbprint their copter leaves on the sky.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2020
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New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025
The impact ejected Navy Petty Officer Neil Roberts into the snow below and forced the copter down.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025
This was a ten or twenty thousand dollar copter a few years ago and flying those took a great deal of skill.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2014
One finding even goes so far as to pinpoint and classify idiosyncrasies in piloting skills—so perhaps repeat offenders might one day be spotted by the thumbprint their copter leaves on the sky.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copter
Noun
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The fire is fought by 10 engines, two water tenders, one helicopter, two dozers and one hand crew.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Police helicopters hovered as marchers wove between vehicles.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Using a hoist basket, an air-rescue crew member was lowered into the water to secure the boaters and they were lifted into the chopper, fire rescue said.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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But Ryan McMahon hit a chopper to second baseman Nico Hoerner, who threw out the slow-footed Stallings at home for the second out.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 May 2025
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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