Definitions for helicopter

helicopter hel·i·cop·ter

Spelling: [hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-]
IPA: /ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ-/

Helicopter is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 733 anagrams from letters in helicopter (ceehiloprt).

Definitions for helicopter

noun

  1. any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.

verb (used with object)

  1. to convey in a helicopter.

verb (used without object)

  1. to fly in a helicopter.

Origin of helicopter

From the French word hélicoptère, dating back to 1885-90. See helico-, -pter

Examples for helicopter

Ten days later, it will start air missions using two airplanes and one helicopter.

They might throw him in jail or something might happen to the time unit or the helicopter.

After our helicopter crashed in the courtyard, Jimbo and I rushed inside the house.

At about 11 p.m. State Police started flying a helicopter over the scene, ordering the crowds to disperse.

Employees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds.

Du Pont would even fly his wrestlers to tournaments in his Learjet or helicopter.

The droning hum of the helicopter came across the broken ground.

The helicopter made a half-turn of the camp and came rapidly to Earth.

Dirk then stopped the plane and held it poised in the air with the helicopter.

The sun was an hour high when the helicopter appeared to hunt for them by day.

Word Value for helicopter
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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