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n. An aircraft that derives its lift from blades that rotate about an approximately vertical central axis.

v. To go or transport by helicopter.

n. 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 having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.

n. a powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.

n. a winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple

v. To transport by helicopter.

v. To travel by helicopter.

n. a heavier-than-air aircraft whose lift is provided by the aerodynamic forces on rotating blades rather than on fixed wings. Contrasted with fixed-wing aircraft.

verb-intransitive. to travel in a helicopter.

v. to transport in a helicopter.

n. A flying-machine in which revolving screws or revolving helicoidal surfaces are depended upon to sustain the machine in the air.

n. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

"Perhaps you've heard the term "helicopter parenting" as a way to describe the way today's 20-somethings Gen Y were hovered over in childhood by their parents."

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