copter

noun, verb — 4 senses

copter

noun

UK /ˈkɒptə/ · US /ˈkɑptɚ/

Etymology Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.

1

Informal A helicopter.

2005, Sin City (the film), Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter.

Synonyms: heli
Derived terms: hydrocopter, jetcopter, quadcopter, quadrocopter
Related terms: -copter, heli-

copter

verb

Etymology Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.

1

Informal To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.

2

Informal To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.

3

Informal 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, terrified, clinging to his thigh, its deathspin slowing as it coptered softly down and he snatched it from the air.2015 July 24, Tom Sleigh, “‘Boomerang’”, in New York Times:

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