Copter

Quick meaning: Copter is a noun meaning (informal) A helicopter.

Meaning

(informal) A helicopter.

More Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
2. (informal, intransitive) To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.
3. (informal, intransitive) To move like a helicopter.

Example Sentences

2005, Sin City (the film), Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter.

The sidelong whiplash of his arm sent the boomerang soaring, pushing the sky to the horizon until the blade just hung there, a black slash on the sun so far away it seemed not to move at all before it came whirling back larger and larger: would it hit him, would he die — and you ducked down, terrified, clinging to his thigh, its deathspin slowing as it coptered softly down and he snatched it from the air.

Word Forms

• copters
• coptering
• coptered

Synonyms for copter

Depending on context, synonyms include heli.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include helo, helicopter, aircraft, gunship, plane, chopper.

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