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whirlybirds

whirlybirds is the plural of whirlybird.

Meaning of whirlybird

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.

Questions about whirlybirds

What is whirlybirds the plural of?
Whirlybirds is the plural of whirlybird.

Words near whirlybirds in the dictionary

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

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