Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To transport by helicopter.

  2. (intransitive)To travel by helicopter.

  3. To rotate like a helicopter blade.

    helicoptering his jacket, helicoptering his arms

  4. To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.

    Near-synonym: hover

Examples

235 sentences

  1. Tom watched the helicopter take off.

    Том спостерігав за зльотом вертольота. — deniko

    ruТом смотрел, как взлетает вертолёт. — odexed

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  2. How much did your helicopter cost?

    Скільки коштував твій вертоліт? — deniko

    ruСколько стоил твой вертолёт? — marafon

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  3. Have you ever been in a helicopter?

    Ти коли-небудь був у вертольоті? — miketheknight

    deHast du schon einmal in einem Hubschrauber gesessen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I want to be a helicopter pilot.

    Я хочу бути пілотом вертольота. — deniko

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  5. Tom is learning how to fly a helicopter.

    Том вчиться керувати вертольотом. — deniko

    ruТом учится управлять вертолётом. — odexed

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pter

Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Doublet of helicopteron. By surface analysis, helico- + -pter. The dragonfly sense is from a dragonfly's ability to hover and fly in any direction, like the flying machine.

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Forms

helicopters, helicoptering, helicoptered, helicoptered
Base formhelicopter · to helicopter
3rd person singularhelicopters
Present participlehelicoptering
Past simplehelicoptered
Past participlehelicoptered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhelicopter
he, she, ithelicopters

Past simpleLesson

all personshelicoptered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave helicoptered
he, she, ithas helicoptered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill helicopter

Synonyms

1 synonyms
hoverB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • fly a helicopter
  • a helicopter pilot
  • helicopter pilot
  • helicopter flying
  • is a helicopter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
heiressheirloomheistheliotropehelipadhelium

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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