HELICOPTER
ADJECTIVES
► BURNING AND TURNING of a helicopter: with engine running and blades rotating → 1978 UK sl.
NOUNS
► BABY HUEY a Bell UH-1 helicopter → 1969 US Military sl.
► BIG CHARLEY a Chinook helicopter → 1966 US military usage
► BUG SHIP during the Vietnam war: a Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter converted to spray the chemical defoliant Agent Orange → 1991 US sl.
► CHARLIE BIRD in the Vietnam war: a helicopter used by a tactical commander → 1974 US sl.
► CHOPPER a helicopter → 1951 Amer. sl., orig. military usage
► EGG-BEATER a helicopter → 1937 sl.
► EGG-WHISK a helicopter → c1948 Royal Navy sl.
► EYE IN THE SKY a police helicopter → 1992 US sl.
► FLING-WING a helicopter → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GHETTO BIRD a police helicopter, often used in inner-city ghetto communities → 2006 African-American sl.
► GUNSHIP a heavily armed helicopter → 1968
► GYROCOPTER a small, light, single-seater helicopter → 1915
► HORSECOLLAR a rescue sling lowered from a helicopter → 1969 US aviation usage
► LOACH during the Vietnam war, a light observation helicopter → 1973 US sl.
► LOG BIRD a logistical supply helicopter, used to bring fresh supplies and provisions to troops in the field → 1982 US sl.
► MEAT WAGON medical evacuation equipment, esp. a helicopter → 1991 US sl.
► MIXMASTER a helicopter → 1951 Amer. sl.
► MONKEY STRAP a lifeline that secures a helicopter gunner to the helicopter → 1945 Aust.
► PEDRO a survival winch mounted on a military helicopter → 1991 US sl.
► SKY BEAR a police helicopter → 1975 Amer. sl.
► TADPOLE an OH-6 light observation military helicopter → 1991 US sl.
► WHIRLY PIG a police helicopter; a helicopter-borne police officer → 1970 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► HELICOPTERIST a helicopter pilot; one who uses a helicopter → 1923
► HELIPILOT a pilot of a helicopter → 1951
VERBS
► CHOPPER to go or transport by helicopter → 1968 Amer. sl.
► JOY-POP to fly a helicopter at a low elevation and high speed → 1991 US sl.
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