helo

H4E1L1O1
US/ˈhi.loʊ/

noun

A helicopter.

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Meanings

nounhelo (plural helos)

plural helos

  1. slanggovernmentA helicopter.
verbhelo (third-person singular simple present helos, present participle heloing, simple past and past participle heloed)

present singular third person helos · participle present heloing · participle past heloed · past heloed

  1. rareslanggovernmentTo travel via helicopter.

    As soon as it's flyable, I've got a squad of air policemen heloing in from Mountain Home to set up a defensive perimeter, and park rangers and Idaho State Policemen ready to go into the mountains after this guy.

    1998, Stephen Hunter, Time to Hunt, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 380

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
helicopter

Origin

Clipping of helicopter + -o.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

holeolehHoelohel
Cite this entry
APA

helo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helo

MLA

“helo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helo.

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