"whirlybird" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-whirlybird.ogg Forms: whirlybirds [plural]
Etymology: From whirly + bird. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whirly|bird}} whirly + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} whirlybird (plural whirlybirds)
  1. (slang) A helicopter. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Aircraft Translations (helicopter): въртолет (vǎrtolet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vispilä (Finnish), banane [feminine] (French), верту́шка (vertúška) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whirlybird-en-noun-gDDXv-So Disambiguation of Aircraft: 91 5 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 9 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 91 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 5 5 Disambiguation of 'helicopter': 90 10 0
  2. (informal) A samara. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-whirlybird-en-noun-JZZRgdSz
  3. (colloquial) A wind-powered roof turbine. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-whirlybird-en-noun-WMXfgswj

Inflected forms

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