helicoptered
Flew rotor-blade style
Helicoptered is the past tense of helicopter used as a verb, meaning transported by helicopter: The injured climber was helicoptered to the hospital.
More recently, it describes overprotective parenting—hovering anxiously over children's lives: She helicoptered her kids through every decision.
The parenting sense comes from "helicopter parent," someone who hovers constantly.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- whirlybirdInformal term for helicopter
- rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
airborne · hover · altitude · pilot · cockpit · landing · takeoff · airspace
Guarding too zealously
- hoveringSuspended without support
- smotheringDepriving of air
- micromanageExcessive oversight of subordinates
- superviseDirect and watch others
monitor · controlling · anxious · intervention · overbearing · watchful · intrusive · coddling
Emergency air transport injured
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- searchAct of seeking
- emergencySerious sudden danger
paramedic · survivor · coastguard · mountain · SAR · winch · stretcher · triage
Not in motion
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- levitateFloat in air
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- hangSuspend from above
motionless · steady · stabilize · gyroscopic · balance · propeller · whir · drone
Armed support aircraft
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- BlackhawkU.S. Army helicopter
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
troop · sortie · extraction · insertion · airstrike · patrol · surveillance · deploy
Founding organizational document
- cargoTransported goods
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- shuttleShort-distance transport
conveyance · passenger · delivery · relocation · carrier · transit · sightseeing · tour
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- whirlybirdInformal term for helicopter
rotorcraft · airborne · hover · altitude · pilot · cockpit · landing · takeoff · airspace · aviation
overprotective
Guarding too zealously
- hoveringSuspended without support
- smotheringDepriving of air
- micromanageExcessive oversight of subordinates
supervise · monitor · controlling · anxious · intervention · overbearing · watchful · intrusive · coddling · sheltering
medevac
Emergency air transport injured
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- searchAct of seeking
emergency · paramedic · survivor · coastguard · mountain · SAR · winch · stretcher · triage · disaster
stationary
Not in motion
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- levitateFloat in air
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
hang · motionless · steady · stabilize · gyroscopic · balance · propeller · whir · drone · idling
gunship
Armed support aircraft
reconnaissance · troop · sortie · extraction · insertion · airstrike · patrol · surveillance · deploy · tactical
charter
Founding organizational document
- cargoTransported goods
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
shuttle · conveyance · passenger · delivery · relocation · carrier · transit · sightseeing · tour · offshore
- helicopter seedWinged seed that spins
- helicopter parentsExcessively protective caregivers
- rescue helicopterAircraft for emergency extraction
- helicopter momsExcessively protective, controlling mothers
- helicopter gunshipsArmed military rotorcraft
- police helicopterLaw enforcement aircraft