gyrocopter
[ jahy-ruh-kop-ter ]
noun
Origin of gyrocopter
1First recorded in 1910–15; gyro- + (heli)copter
Words Nearby gyrocopter
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How to use gyrocopter in a sentence
The gyrocopter was sluggish, dipped alarmingly when it should have darted, arrow-like, to its mark.
The Great Dome on Mercury | Arthur Leo ZagatHere, cover me with this till I reach the gyrocopter, then get back quick, and seal the air-lock.
The Great Dome on Mercury | Arthur Leo ZagatThe gyrocopter that could carry them aloft, out of the rout, was fifty feet away.
The Great Dome on Mercury | Arthur Leo ZagatDarl's gyrocopter was diving on a long slant for the Dome wall.
The Great Dome on Mercury | Arthur Leo Zagat
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