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Definitions for skyhookˈskaɪˌhʊk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sky•hookˈskaɪˌhʊk(n.)

  1. a fanciful hook imagined to be suspended in the air.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. any of various lifting devices, as one hung from a helicopter, for hoisting heavy loads over a distance.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of skyhook:

1910–15

Princeton's WordNet

  1. skyhook(noun)

    helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects

  2. skyhook(noun)

    a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky

Wiktionary

  1. skyhook(Noun)

    An imaginary hook suspended in the air.

  2. skyhook(Noun)

    A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.

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