as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend
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The copter then returns to its base, so the probe can be removed and its contents analyzed.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2024
The sport usually takes place in single-engine helicopters, as twin engines are too heavy; many C-suiters will have insurance policies that specifically preclude them from clambering into any single-engine copter, a Robinson, for example.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
Of course, aerial drones don't walk, so the copter can't count its steps like an ant.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 July 2024
And the culprit here wasn’t Washington or Jerusalem or some internal faction or even ISIS, but a very old copter flying in bad weather over dangerous terrain.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2024
The sport usually takes place in single-engine helicopters, as twin engines are too heavy; many C-suiters will have insurance policies that specifically preclude them from clambering into any single-engine copter, a Robinson, for example.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
Of course, aerial drones don't walk, so the copter can't count its steps like an ant.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 July 2024
And the culprit here wasn’t Washington or Jerusalem or some internal faction or even ISIS, but a very old copter flying in bad weather over dangerous terrain.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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