English-Finnish translations for helicopter

• helikopteri
  Lukuisat helikopterit lennättävät pelastajia apuun. Numerous helicopters are flying in rescuers and help.
  Yksikään lentokone tai helikopteri ei ole noussut ilmaan seitsemään vuoteen. For seven years, no aeroplanes or helicopters have taken off.
  Helikopterista on tullut olennainen kriisinhallintaväline. The helicopter has today become an essential crisis management tool.
• kuljettaa helikopterilla
• matkustaa helikopterilla

Definition of helicopter

• 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 that stabilize the aircraft
• A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete
• A dragonfly. so named because of its resemblance to a helicopter-- huh?--
• To transport by helicopter
• To rotate like a helicopter blade
• To overprotect one's children

Synonyms

• copter
• eggbeater
• helo
• rotary-wing aircraft
• whirlybird

Examples

• We flew over the city in a helicopter
• helicoptering his jacket, helicoptering his arms

Related words

• helicoptering
• antihelicopter
• helicopter money
• helicopter gunship
• helicopter parent
• helicopter mom
• helicopter carrier
• helicopter airstrip
• helicopter dick