telecoptern.
/ˈtɛlᵻˌkɒptə/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌkɑptər/ U.S.
A helicopter with a television news crew on board.
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1952 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 1 June 59/5 (advt.) Our progressive aeronautical division..can offer you unlimited opportunities now if you..are a mechanical engineer with experience in..telecopter stability and control.
1979 Newsweek (Nexis) 10 Dec. 129 After a small-plane crash on a Florida freeway, one telecopter hovered so close to the accident that it blew the fire-fighting foam right off the burning plane.
1998 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 5 Aug. 7 b The extraordinary reach of the telecopters..seriously twisted the perception of public safety.
2006 New Yorker 23 Jan. 68/1 KTLA launched the first ‘telecopter’..hoping to chase bank robbers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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