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# helicopter

noun (a helicopter, helicopters); verb (helicopter, helicopters, helicoptered — rare)

«helicopter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A helicopter is an aircraft with big spinning blades on top, which lets it go straight up, straight down and hover in one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#m1)
2. (rare, verb) To helicopter someone is to carry them by helicopter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#m2)
3. (informal) A helicopter parent is a parent who watches over a child too closely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and news it is used for rescues, hospitals, police and news reporting. In science, pupils make paper helicopters to test falling and air resistance. Phrases: rescue helicopter, air ambulance, helicopter pad, helicopter parent.

### Examples

- A rescue helicopter lifted the climber off the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x1)
- The helicopter hovered above the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x2)
- We made paper helicopters and timed them falling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x3)
- The injured man was helicoptered to hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x4)
- A helicopter can land on a small pad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x5)
- The police helicopter shone a light down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x6)
- His mum is a bit of a helicopter parent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x7)
- Each helicopter can carry 6 people, so 3 helicopters carry 18. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Short slang: chopper, heli. Spelling: h-e-l-i-c-o-p-t-e-r. Trap: a helicopter is not a plane; it does not need a runway.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «helicopter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helicopter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«helicopter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/helicopter.html) on Mova free.