English-Swedish translations for helicopter

• helikopter en
  Helikoptern har i dag blivit ett oumbärligt krishanteringsverktyg.The helicopter has today become an essential crisis management tool.
  I går hotade faktiskt ett turkiskt jaktplan att tvinga en Frontex-helikopter att vända.In fact, yesterday, a Turkish fighter plane threatened to force a Frontex helicopter to turn back.

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