whirlybird

[ hwur-lee-burd, wur- ]
/ ˈʰwɜr liˌbɜrd, ˈwɜr- /

noun Informal.

Origin of whirlybird

First recorded in 1950–55; whirl + -y1 + bird

Words nearby whirlybird

Example sentences from the Web for whirlybird

  • The problem, seems to me, is how we're going to use it without the whirlybird.

    Project Mastodon |Clifford Donald Simak

British Dictionary definitions for whirlybird

whirlybird
/ (ˈwɜːlɪˌbɜːd) /

noun

an informal word for helicopter