to helicopter

Examples

• All

• "His condition deteriorated, and he was helicoptered to Jordan and then taken by French government jet to France and admitted to Percy.

  Blog text (25)

• You mean you didn't helicopter in just to say "hi"?

  The Meg (2018)

• You might as well helicopter me back.

  Sphere (1998)

• We helicopter mail to the ships when they pass by.

  The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

• We're about to helicopter to a plane to go back to Miami.

• Driving to the top of either pass is impossible, and Hunt will have to helicopter in many of his supplies.

  Academic text (2007)

• Don't you think we should helicopter him to Hermann?

  90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)

• How about getting bottled water and MREs helicoptered in?

  Blog text (18)

• A special forensic team under the direction of the county coroner has been helicoptered to the site to dig out the mass grave and to try to determine the victims' cause of death.

  Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

• We will helicopter the supplies to the remote village this weekend.

Synonyms

F

to fly

vsto helicopter

∞ 2.3

Travel in an airplane or control a plane

is specific to one type of aircraft rather than any aircraft

C

to chopper

vsto helicopter

• Informal

6 6.1

To travel in a helicopter or carry people and goods by it

means the same but differs only in word choice

H

to helo

vsto helicopter

• Jargon

1 9.7

To carry people or supplies by helicopter, often in military missions

is used for general travel or transport rather than military insertion

Compounds

C

cargo helicopter

1 3.9

A helicopter for carrying goods or supplies

S

shuttle helicopter

4.4

A helicopter that often moves people or goods back and forth between two places

S

single-rotor helicopter

6.4

A helicopter that has one main spinning blade and a tail rotor for balance

Surface Forms

Etymology