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
The Easter Bunny will fly in via copter, then hand out eggs to children.
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Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
These copters, presumably built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will carry cameras and ground-penetrating radars to scan the Martian terrain for subsurface water ice.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 Mar. 2026
Kiddos can fly in Rosie’s cheese-copter, sit in Ada’s thinking chair, build a bridge with Iggy, lead a movement with Sofia and tell stories through illustration with Aaron, according to the museum.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2026
But the heroic racers managed to fix it in the dunes, with cargo straps, and the camera ‘copter got some epic footage of the thing clawing its way to the end of the stage.
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Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
14 Jan. 2026
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Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
These copters, presumably built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will carry cameras and ground-penetrating radars to scan the Martian terrain for subsurface water ice.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 Mar. 2026
Kiddos can fly in Rosie’s cheese-copter, sit in Ada’s thinking chair, build a bridge with Iggy, lead a movement with Sofia and tell stories through illustration with Aaron, according to the museum.
—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2026
But the heroic racers managed to fix it in the dunes, with cargo straps, and the camera ‘copter got some epic footage of the thing clawing its way to the end of the stage.
—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copter
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Afterward, the body will travel by helicopter to the Shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, about 80 kilometers away, before flying back to Iran.
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An array of military vehicles, including a tank and a truck hauling an old helicopter, were followed by a group of eight bagpipe players along with drummers and dancers.
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The multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art chopper made its debut last year thanks to funding from the Minnesota Legislature.
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This vegetable chopper speeds up meal prep with six interchangeable stainless steel blades for slicing, dicing, julienning, and grating.
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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