telecopter

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noun

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

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Meanings

nountelecopter (plural telecopters)

plural telecopters

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

    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.

    2008, Rick Perlstein, Nixonland, New York […] : Scribner, →ISBN, page 3

Origin

Blend of tele- + helicopter.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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