copter
or 'cop·ter
Origin of copter
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How to use copter in a sentence
With a one-key automatic return and headless mode, this copter can find its way back automatically and can remember the orientation with which it took off.
Score two drones for the price of one with this limited-time deal | Stack Commerce | January 14, 2022 | Popular-ScienceAfter pivoting to look at NASA’s Perseverance rover and snap a picture of its own shadow, the small copter settled back down to the ground.
Ingenuity helicopter makes history by flying on Mars | Lisa Grossman | April 20, 2021 | Science News For StudentsAfter the copter detaches from the rover, Perseverance will take social distancing to new heights by driving away about 330 feet from Ingenuity in order to minimize collision risk.
NASA’s Mars helicopter may soon be the first to fly on another planet | Paola Rosa-Aquino | January 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe rebels claim the quad-copter was being used by government forces to spy on their positions.
Thirty-eight U.S. and Afghan special forces perished in the copter shoot down.
He frowned; he glanced at his watch; he leaned forward to speak to the copter pilot and then changed his mind.
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseIt's got everything, solar shower, automatic chef, 'copter landing—if we ever get a 'copter.
The Holes and John Smith | Edward W. LudwigTomatoes were hurled, fists were shaken, but the 'copter remained.
Meeting of the Board | Alan Edward NourseA copter cab driver was hurrying with his fare from Manhattan to Oyster Bay.
The Stutterer | R.R. MerlissThe 'copter was only a hundred feet away, along the hillcrest.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke Gallun
British Dictionary definitions for copter
'copter
/ (ˈkɒptə) /
informal short for helicopter
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