whirlybird
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈwɜrliˌbɜrd/
- Slang
:
helicóptero
- Let's get in that whirlybird, find us an island someplace, get juiced up and spend what time we got left soakin' up some sunshine.
Examples
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Let's get to the rally point, take that whirlybird home.
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When was this whirlybird last serviced?
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Let's take up the whirlybird and see what we find out there anyway.
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My job is to fly the whirlybird.
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Were they riding in those loud whirlybirds? -
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It's impossible, after all, to imagine a morning commute with millions of whirlybirds blackening the sky.
Academic text (2003) -
The whirlybird has pulled out of its dive and is playing a veritable game of chicken with those two courageous kids in the Rolls-Royce.
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If you preferred a less intimidating chopper, the slightly more benign Huey Medivac might be your go-to whirlybird.
Blog text (26) -
Its owner and pilot, an eccentric whom the hunter simply knew as Rotorwing74 from a reply to his Craigslist ad, assured him that the homebuilt whirlybird was safe, but he had his doubts.
Blog text (34) -
The pilot skillfully maneuvered the whirlybird through the narrow canyon.
Synonyms
759
2.5
A flying machine with turning blades that can hover and take off straight up
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3.9
A machine with large top blades that flies and carries people
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8.5
A short word for a helicopter, a flying machine with spinning blades
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7.5
A flying machine lifted and moved by spinning blades like a helicopter
A flying machine that uses spinning blades above it to lift and move
An informal word for a helicopter used in speech
How Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whirlybird is a playful name for a helicopter, made from whirl 'to spin' and bird 'a flying animal'. So a whirlybird is like a 'spinning bird', a machine that flies by spinning its blades.