Helicab

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A helicopter used as a taxicab.

    "She'd insisted on creeping out of a back exit and we took three different helicabs."

Example

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"She'd insisted on creeping out of a back exit and we took three different helicabs."

Etymology

From heli- + cab under the influence of helicopter. Compare earlier aerocab and aeroplane, aircab and airplane, etc.

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