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helicab

helicab noun: a helicopter used as a taxicab.

Noun

helicab (plural helicabs)

  1. A helicopter used as a taxicab.
    • She'd insisted on creeping out of a back exit and we took three different helicabs.1999, Phyllis Gotlieb, Violent Stars, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 182

Forms of helicab

pluralhelicabs

Origin of helicab

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

Questions about helicab

What does helicab mean?
Helicab means a helicopter used as a taxicab.
What part of speech is helicab?
Helicab is a noun.
What is the plural of helicab?
The plural of helicab is helicabs.

Words near helicab in the dictionary

  1. helibuckets
  2. helibus
  3. helibuses
  4. helibusses
  5. helic-
  6. helicab
  7. helicabs
  8. helical
  9. helical pile
  10. helical piles
  11. helical scan

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