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Definition of Skyhook
1. Noun. Helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects.
2. Noun. A hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky.
Definition of Skyhook
1. Noun. An imaginary hook suspended in the air. ¹
2. Noun. A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skyhook
1. a hook conceived as being suspended from the sky [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skyhook
Literary usage of Skyhook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Apollo's Warriors: United States Air Force Special Operations During the by Michael E. Haas (1998)
"... Blackbird's unique Fulton skyhook Recovery "Stray Goose 04," completed 17
missions into System,* night low-level flying, and mastery of North Vietnam.16 ..."
2. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1892)
"... Francis skyhook, •*••*•• ' OOB, the said George Francis (who d. 20 Jan.
1870, -y., Admiral tlie Hon. ..."
3. Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes by Methodist Episcopal Church (1878)
"Bra ARTHUR skyhook SULLIVAN. 1. When through the tori sail the wild tern-pest is
si reaming, When o'er the dark ware the red lightning is gloaming, ..."
4. M. I. A.: Accounting for the Missing in Southeast Asia by Paul D. Mather (1995)
"skyhook II Project, headed by former US Representative from New York, Mr.
John LeBoutillier, in an undated mailing sent to potential financial contributors ..."
5. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force and the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"skyhook weather balloons could reach altitudes above the ceiling of jet fighters
and ride the winter jet stream from west to cast. ..."
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