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Copter

//ˈkɑptɚ// noun, verb, slang

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Noun

1
A helicopter. informal
"2005, Sin City (the film), Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter."

Verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.

Etymology 2

Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.

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