skyhook

/ˈskaɪˌhʊk/
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Other forms: skyhooks

Definitions of skyhook
  1. noun
    helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
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    type of:
    chopper, eggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird
    an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
  2. noun
    a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
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    type of:
    hook
    a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
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