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whirlybird

whirlybird noun: a helicopter.

Noun

whirlybird (plural whirlybirds)

  1. (slang) A helicopter.
    • ... and then this whirlybird that I headed for, I had my goggles off...1988, R.E.M., “Orange Crush”, in Green
  2. (informal) A samara.
  3. (colloquial) A wind-powered roof turbine.

whirlybird meaning in Bengali

whirlybird in Bengali

একটি হেলিকপ্টার, এক ধরণের ডানাযুক্ত ফল, বাতাস চালিত ছাদের টারবাইন

Forms of whirlybird

pluralwhirlybirds

Origin of whirlybird

From whirly + bird.

Questions about whirlybird

What does whirlybird mean?
Whirlybird means a helicopter.
What is whirlybird in Bengali?
Whirlybird in Bengali is একটি হেলিকপ্টার, এক ধরণের ডানাযুক্ত ফল, বাতাস চালিত ছাদের টারবাইন. See Whirlybird meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is whirlybird?
Whirlybird is a noun.
What is the plural of whirlybird?
The plural of whirlybird is whirlybirds.

Words near whirlybird in the dictionary

  1. whirly tube
  2. whirly tubes
  3. whirly-bone
  4. whirly-wind
  5. whirly-winds
  6. whirlybird
  7. whirlybirds
  8. whirlygig
  9. whirlygigs
  10. whirr
  11. whirra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whirlybird (page history and authors); whirlybird (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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