helicopter

Definition

  • 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

  • (..) Just drop by any time and totally fuck up my life. See. I grew up in places like this, so l thought that's how people lived: riding around in helicopters, learning how to blow shit up. But then, when my mom got busted, I got put in a regular school. The other kids were into Nintendo. (..)
    1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day