copter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of copter
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Its competitors' drones remain a tool linked to the copter but not truly integrated.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Holden was in the copter with Trump to discuss the Manhattan developer’s desire to build on the site of the historic Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in the Los Angeles Mid-Wilshire District.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Migrants, some wearing shorts and flip-flops, clung to their rescuers as they were pulled up into the copter.
From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023
The small drone copter flits around Mars as an aerial complement to the rover's ground-based observatory.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2022
Basically, the copter was useless over these deep woods.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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