Meanings
nounhelicab (plural helicabs)
plural helicabs
- literatureA helicopter used as a taxicab.
She'd insisted on creeping out of a back exit and we took three different helicabs.
1999, Phyllis Gotlieb, Violent Stars, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 182
Origin
From heli- + cab under the influence of helicopter. Compare earlier aerocab and aeroplane, aircab and airplane, etc.
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helicab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helicab
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“helicab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helicab. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helicab,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helicab.
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