ghetto bird

noun

A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).

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Meanings

nounghetto bird (plural ghetto birds)

plural ghetto birds

  1. USidiomaticslangA police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).

    Had to pull a strap on a fool named Louis the Third Cuz I'm getting chased by the ghetto bird

    1993, Ghetto Bird, Ice Cube, Lethal Injection

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
copper chopperhelicopter

Translations

Danish politihelikopter
  • politihelikopterpolice helicopter
Dutch politiehelikopter
  • politiehelikopterpolice helicopter
German Polizeihubschrauber, Polizeihelikopter
  • Polizeihubschrauberpolice helicopter
  • Polizeihelikopterpolice helicopter
Norwegian Bokmål politihelikopter
  • politihelikopterpolice helicopter
Swedish polishelikopter
  • polishelikopterpolice helicopter
Cite this entry
APA

ghetto bird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghetto%20bird

MLA

“ghetto bird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghetto%20bird. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghetto bird,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghetto%20bird.

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