noun:an aircraft that can stay in the air without moving forward and that has metal blades that turn around on its top
noun:an aircraft whose lift is derived from the aerodynamic forces acting on one or more powered rotors turning about substantially vertical axes
verb:to travel by helicopter
synonyms: copter, rotary-wing aircraft, slang
Movie quotes
(..) for a bunch of half-assed mountain boys. I guess they're getting better equipped every day. There were guerrillas. They took the two men from the helicopter, but there's something else. - What do you mean? - Six men wearing US-issued army boots. They came in from the north, (..)
