copter
/ˈkɒptə/US/ˈkɑptɚ/
copter noun: a helicopter.
Noun
copter (plural copters)
- A helicopter.
- Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter.2005, Sin City (the film)
- Synonyms:
- heli
Verb
copter (third-person singular simple present copters, present participle coptering, simple past and past participle coptered)
- 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...2015 July 24, Tom Sleigh, “‘Boomerang’”, in New York Times
Synonyms of copter
Forms of copter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | copters |
| alternative form | 'copter |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | copters |
| present participle | coptering |
| past participle | coptered |
| past | coptered |
Origin of copter
Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.
Words formed from copter
Questions about copter
- What does copter mean?
- Copter means a helicopter.
- What part of speech is copter?
- Copter can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce copter?
- Copter is pronounced /ˈkɒptə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of copter?
- The plural of copter is copters.
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