copter

Or 'cop·ter

[kop-ter]

noun

Informal.

1. helicopter.

copter

/ ˈkɒptə /

noun

1. informal,  short for helicopter

Word History and Origins

Origin of copter¹

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Example Sentences

Garcia: As an elder, married millennial, I often joke about how I feel like I got the last copter out of a war zone before the rise of online dating — I just hear a lot about the challenges people younger than myself face in the dating world!

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“In the years after the copter crash, I have maintained an extraordinary sense of gratitude on steroids,” she says.

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I thought I heard a helicopter flying low but thought in that pea soup a copter could not be flying so put it out of mind.

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QRF Copter 76 on scene of the #FranklinFire, LAC.

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A bullet hole found in one copter had already prompted the CHP to send up an escort helicopter to accompany the flying formation of malathion sprayers.

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