SKYHOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skyhook mean? 

• SKYHOOK (noun)
  The noun SKYHOOK has 2 senses:

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

2. a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky

  Familiarity information: SKYHOOK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKYHOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skyhook" is a kind of...):

chopper; eggbeater; helicopter; whirlybird (an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skyhook" is a kind of...):

hook (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)