whirlybird

whirlybird

slang A helicopter. The cops will be sending whirlybirds to track us down, so we'll need to stay hidden in the trees. It's such a shame that the sound of that whirlybird that kept circling above us drowned out the music from the stage.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whirlybird

n. a helicopter. See that whirlybird up there? It’s timing your speed. Slow down.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • beat (someone or something) into (something)
  • beat into
  • eye in the sky
  • eye-in-the-sky
  • hole up
  • fight to the death
  • bent cop
  • bent
  • leg it
  • head for (the) tall timber
References in periodicals archive
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The manufacturer of the Army's Black a Hawk helicopters now may have built the world's fastest whirlybird.
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Eyewitnesses told the paper that this is the third time the pilot has gone to the grocery store by whirlybird. Others also said the man buzzes a local girl's college.
Saudi pilot choppers his way to grocery store
When I pray, I thank the Lord for the miracle of microsurgery and the mechanism of the whirlybird and the chemistry of soap made up of ash and fat, the leftover parts put back together to make us clean and new and better.
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The "Whirlybird" pinned on pitcher Bob Walk, who spent most of his career (1980-93) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, was not intended to describe his animated and deceptive windup.
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From the air, an elk's distinctive white rump is fairly easy to spot, especially if it's bounding away from the sound of an approaching whirlybird - in the company of several other elk.
View from helicopters reveals good prospects for fall elk hunting
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JIM FURYK: Famed for his idiosyncratic swing which has been described as the 'whirlybird'.
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Walter O'Malley and Kenneth Hahn fly high in a whirlybird, it's 1957.
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Turn to Part One--Principles for All Legal Writing--put on your "madman" hat, and set to work on a "whirlybird," a nonlinear outline that allows you to "spin out" ideas and give them a rough organization at the same time.
Legal Writing in Plain English