an aircraft capable of hover, vertical flight, and horizontal flight in any direction. Most get all of their lift and propulsion from the rotation of overhead blades
See also autogiro
verb
2.
to transport (people or things) or (of people or things) to be transported by helicopter
helo in American English
(ˈhelou, ˈhilou)
nounWord forms: pluralhelos
informal
helicopter
Word origin
[hel(icopter) + -o]-o is a suffix occurring as the final element in informal shortenings of nouns (ammo; combo; condo; limo; promo); -o also forms nouns, usually derogatory, for persons or things exemplifying or associatedwith that specified by the base noun or adjective (cheapo; pinko; sicko; weirdo; wino)