helo

Examples

• All

• You get your helos out of here now!

  Ambulance (2022)

• Repeat, we have a downed helo with three aboard...

  Fiction book (1997)

• - Get us a helo out of Trento.

  Shadow Force (2025)

• Playboy, the helo is airborne.

  Land of Bad (2024)

• Resupply helo is inbound at this time.

  Platoon (1986)

• We have a downed helo 12 miles west-southwest of the base with three aboard.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Air Station - Coronado Naval Base - Night: A helo warms up on its pad.

  Fiction book (1997)

• OK, we've got a helo landing on the deck, we're gonna meet a Mexican SOF commander and his team.

  Act of Valor (2012)

• Requesting evac helo.

  Soul Hunters (2019)

• The soldiers prepared to board the helo for their rescue mission.

Synonyms

H

helicopter

vshelo

759 2.5

A flying machine with turning blades that can hover and take off straight up

is used mainly in military and aviation contexts rather than general technical use

C

copter

vshelo

• Informal

21 3.9

A short informal word for a helicopter that flies using turning blades

is mainly used in military and aviation contexts rather than casual informal speech

H

heli

vshelo

• Informal

3 8.5

A short word for a helicopter, a flying machine with spinning blades

is mainly used in military and aviation contexts rather than general informal use

W

whirly

vshelo

• Slang

9.9

An informal word for a helicopter used in speech

is primarily used in military and aviation contexts rather than playful slang speech

Surface Forms

Etymology