Definitions from Wiktionary (skyhook)

▸ noun:  A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
▸ noun:  An overhead winch.
▸ noun:  A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
▸ noun:  (astronautics) A proposed momentum-exchange tether for launching payloads into low Earth orbit by hooking them to the end of a cable that reaches down from an orbiting station into the upper atmosphere.
▸ noun:  (slang) A CB radio antenna.
▸ noun:  (tennis) A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
▸ noun:  (climbing) A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
▸ noun:  (board sports) A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.




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