helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater
(noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
Source: WordNet® 3.1
helicopter (plural helicopters)
An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(slang) A dragonfly.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
• (aircraft): chopper (informal), copter (informal), eggbeater (slang), helo (military, slang), rotary-wing aircraft (technical), whirlybird (slang)
• (trowelling device): power trowel, trowel machine
• (winged fruit): samara, whirlybird
helicopter (third-person singular simple present helicopters, present participle helicoptering, simple past and past participle helicoptered)
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
To overprotect one's children.
Source: Wiktionary
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
