Idiom
ghetto bird
Meaning
A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The ghetto bird circled above the neighborhood all night.”
“We could hear the loud hum of a ghetto bird searching for someone in the streets below.”
“The constant presence of the ghetto bird overhead serves as a stark, audible reminder of the heavy surveillance in this part of the city.”
Examples
simple
“The ghetto bird circled above the neighborhood all night.”
contextual
“We could hear the loud hum of a ghetto bird searching for someone in the streets below.”
complex
“The constant presence of the ghetto bird overhead serves as a stark, audible reminder of the heavy surveillance in this part of the city.”
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