noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A helicopter. slang

   "... and then this whirlybird that I headed for, I had my goggles off..."

2. 2
   an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades wordnet
3. 3
   A samara. informal
4. 4
   A wind-powered roof turbine. colloquial

Synonyms

All synonyms

choppereggbeaterhelicopterhelicoptersamara

Example

More examples

"... and then this whirlybird that I headed for, I had my goggles off..."

Etymology

From whirly + bird.

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