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whirlybird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
whirly-bird
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A helicopter.

Slang

noun

A samara.

Informal

noun

A wind-powered roof turbine.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

  • "... and then this whirlybird that I headed for, I had my goggles off..."

Etymology

From whirly + bird.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whirlybirds (plural)

Synonyms

helicopter chopper eggbeater

Questions

What does whirlybird mean?
A helicopter.
Where does whirlybird come from?
From whirly + bird.

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