gyrocopter

[ jahy-ruh-kop-ter ]

noun

1. autogiro.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyrocopter¹

First recorded in 1910–15; gyro- + (heli)copter

Example Sentences

The gyrocopter was sluggish, dipped alarmingly when it should have darted, arrow-like, to its mark.

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Here, cover me with this till I reach the gyrocopter, then get back quick, and seal the air-lock.

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The gyrocopter that could carry them aloft, out of the rout, was fifty feet away.

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Darl's gyrocopter was diving on a long slant for the Dome wall.

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