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Definition of "skyhook" [skyhook]

  • A helicopter whose fuselage is configured so as to be mounted with a steel line and hook used to lift and transport heavy objects. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "skyhook" in a sentence
  • "The meaning of the term skyhook definitely evolved in its new context, as in the frog example that Dennett gave."
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  • "When Dennett first introduces the term skyhook in this analogy he gives us the dictionary definition"