Usually means: Aircraft with vertically ascending rotors.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word helicopter:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. helicopter: Merriam-Webster
  2. helicopter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helicopter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helicopter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. helicopter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Helicopter, helicopter: Wordnik
  7. helicopter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Helicopter: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. helicopter: Wiktionary
  10. helicopter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. helicopter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. helicopter: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. helicopter: Dictionary.com
  14. helicopter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. helicopter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Helicopter (Bloc Party song), Helicopter (disambiguation), Helicopter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. helicopter: Rhymezone
  18. helicopter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. helicopter: FreeDictionary.org
  20. helicopter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. helicopter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. helicopter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helicopter: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Helicopter: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the helicopter: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Helicopter: Sports Definitions

(Note: See helicoptering as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
noun:  A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
noun:  (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
noun:  (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
noun:  A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
noun:  (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
verb:  (transitive) To transport by helicopter.
verb:  (intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
verb:  To rotate like a helicopter blade.
verb:  To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.

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