Term Gallery logo

Meanings of whirlybird in anglès

portuguès
helicoptero
català
helicòpter
espanyol
helicóptero
Wikidata

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

        helicòpter
        Usage of whirlybird in anglès
        1
        He saw the whirlybird when it was still nearly a mile away.
        Frontier fury
        2
        To really appreciate this spectacular landscape, hop in a whirlybird (a helicopter).
        The Irish Times
        3
        Take it easy, and I'll send a whirlybird to pick you up, Tom promised.
        Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
        4
        He put the whirlybird down right on target, in the middle of the yard, which had been cleared in advance.
        Hostile intent
        5
        If there's a chance of it or us sprouting bullet holes, you're going to have to rent a different whirlybird and driver.
        Carrion comfort
        6
        Flying that whirlybird through twenty-five hundred miles of fog banks wasn't exactly restful, either; I'll be glad to turn in...
        A Case of Conscience
        7
        Rotation produces the pods' nickname -whirlybirds -and creates tiny vortexes above their leading edges.
        Wired
        8
        Beyond these, it's also keenly aware of the public approval element that will fuel acceptance-orrejection-ofnew whirlybirds.
        Wired
        9
        Whirlybird propellers decorated the dirt yard.
        Mission road
        10
        "The problem, seems to me, is how we're going to use it without the whirlybird."
        Project Mastodon
        Translations for whirlybird
        espanyol
        helicóptero
        Whirlybird through the time