copter
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copter
- /ˈkɒptə/ UK
- /ˈkɑptɚ/ US
Where it comes from
Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.
noun copters · 'copter
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A helicopter.
2005, Sin City (the film),
Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter.
Similar: heli
verb copters · coptering · coptered · 'copter
- To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
- To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.
- To move like a helicopter. 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, terrifi
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noun informal: helicopter
| Français | hélico |
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Talk about this word "copter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/copter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. copter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/copter "copter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/copter.Cite this
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title = {copter},
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