Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telecopter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-copter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A helicopter used by a television news channel to gather footage.

Example Sentences

"The angle came from a helicopter—KTLA-TV’s “telecopter” was the first of its kind. The utility of the Korean War–vintage Bell 47G-5 with the camera affixed to its belly had so far been mostly prurient: shots of the swimming pool where Marlon Brando’s maid had drowned; of the well that swallowed a darling little girl; of movie stars’ mansions being devoured by brush fires in the Hollywood hills."

Etymology

Blend of tele- + helicopter.

Inflected Forms

telecopters (plural)

Questions

What does telecopter mean?: A helicopter used by a television news channel to gather footage.
Where does telecopter come from?: Blend of tele- + helicopter.

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