bear in the air

noun

A police helicopter.

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Meanings

nounbear in the air (plural bears in the air)

plural bears in the air

  1. slangCB radioA police helicopter.

    One of the AMC-supplied Johnson-brand CB radios was handy to keep tabs on Kojaks with Kodaks, or bears in the air.

    2011, Marc Cranswick, The Cars of American Motors: An Illustrated History, page 186
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    By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf And them bears was wall-to-wall. Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a bear in the air.

    1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
copper chopper
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Chicago

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