sky-hookn.

Brit.

/ˈskʌɪhʊk/, U.S.

/ˈskaɪˌhʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, hook n.¹

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + hook n.¹

a. An imaginary device for or means of suspending something in the sky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > hook > imaginary

sky-hook1888

1888 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 18 Feb. 8/2 When the thread is long enough it [sc. the gossamer spider] launches itself into the air at the end of its rope, which is not even attached to a ‘sky-hook’.

1915 Aeroplane 10 Mar. 222 The battery signaller sent a message: ‘Battery out of action for an hour, remain aloft awaiting orders.’ Back came the reply with remarkable promptitude: ‘Submitted; that this machine is not fitted with sky-hooks.’

1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World B. Fuller 28/1 With each thrust of his wings, the duck generates a momentary vacuum sky-hook above each wing.

1970 D. Waterfield Continental Waterboy i. 6 I..was prepared to..fetch him a left-handed wrench, a skyhook, anything.

1991 M. Helprin Soldier of Great War vi. 382 The two pieces of paper in his pocket seemed to lift him up as if he were attached to a sky-hook.

b. Any of various devices used to lift or suspend something high in the air, as a crane, balloon, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > device for lifting something into air

sky-hook1927

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hook

stone-hook1396

shackle1552

swivel-hook1788

sling-dog1863

sky-hook1927

1927 Sioux City (Iowa) Jrnl. 27 Dec. 3/6 The only way a person could get a wagonload of corn up and down would be by means of a cable and windlass on top. Someone suggested to Mr. Armstrong that a ‘sky hook’ might help him out.

1951 N.Y. Times 13 Feb. 1/7 The balloons, called skyhooks by the Navy researchers, were released at many points in the country.

1970 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 10 May 3/2 Most Sydney men will not raise their eyes beyond ladies' leg level except to see one other phenomenon—the daring dogmen on the skyhooks.

2012 A. J. Martyr & M. A. Plint Engine Testing (ed. 4) iv. 53 Crane beams can be used for..major maintenance and tend to be used as a ‘sky-hook’ for supporting various parts of the rigging looms and instrumentation.

2. A device mounted on an aeroplane for the collection of samples of spores and microorganisms from the atmosphere at high altitudes, consisting of aluminium tubing containing microscope slides that are coated with petroleum. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > collection or conservation of natural specimens > [noun] > equipment for collecting or preserving

towing-net1816

tow-net1816

field book1840

sky-hook1934

1934 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 2/4 The Colonel [Lindbergh] agreed and devised a practical and simple apparatus with the help of Mr. Meier, dubbing his device as a ‘sky hook’.

2012 W. B. Logan Air 50 Called the Sky Hook, the device allowed the Lindberghs to expose oil-treated microscope slides to the atmosphere at an altitude of about three thousand feet.

3. Mountaineering and Rock Climbing. A small flattened hook used to provide grip on a protrusion or lip of rock (esp. one on which other gear cannot be placed), thereby assisting a climber in an aided ascent (cf. aid climbing n. at aid n. Compounds 2), or providing extra protection in the event of a fall.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of

runner1688

runner ring1791

ice axec1800

alpenstock1829

rope1838

climbing-iron1857

piolet1868

snap-link1875

prickera1890

middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892

chock1894

glacier-rope1897

piton1898

run-out1901

belaying-pin1903

snap-ring1903

ironmongery1904

line1907

Tricouni1914

ice claw1920

peg1920

sling1920

ice piton1926

ice hammer1932

karabiner1932

rock piton1934

thread belay1935

mugger1941

running belay1941

piton hammer1943

sky-hook1951

etrier1955

pied d'éléphant1956

rope sling1957

piton runner1959

bong1960

krab1963

rurp1963

ice screw1965

nut1965

traverse line1965

jumar1966

knife-blade1968

tie-off1968

rock peg1971

whammer1971

Whillans whammer1971

Whillans harness1974

1951 Montana Standard 27 July 5/2 He plans to use a small sky hook on the terra cotta ledges which he says are sloped and difficult to negotiate.

1957 Appalachia 15 Dec. 452 On the one occasion when I carried a ‘skyhook’ among my pitons I was no less than delighted to find it really could be used to circumvent the placing of a bolt.

1976 Times 13 Nov. 12/6 A curious armoury of pegs, rurps, sky hooks, bolts, and bongs now form the armoury of the modern [rock] climber.

2015 Guardian 15 Jan. A climber will..place a skyhook (a very small grappling hook) over flakes of rock and edges.

4. U.S. Basketball. A type of hook shot in which the player pivots and jumps into the air before releasing the ball with one hand. Also in sky-hook shot.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of shot or ball

free throw1888

foul shot1902

jump shot1909

jump ball1924

pop shot1933

jumper1937

set shot1940

lay-up1948

fallaway1949

bonus1955

hook-shot1957

sky-hook1959

buzzer beater1965

brick1971

spot-up1992

1959 Salt Lake Tribune 12 Dec. 28 (caption) Bill (the Hill) McGill, talented Ute basketball center, unleashes his patented sky hook shot against Wichita Shockers Friday.

1971 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 28 Jan. d3/3 Lew Alcindor's hook shots, often referred to as ‘sky hooks,’ are things of beauty on the basketball court.

1993 N.Y. Times 28 Nov. ix. 11/1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had his sky hook. Wilt Chamberlain had his finger roll.

2015 I. Austin & M. Litton Dream Again ii. 31 He said, ‘Isaiah, what you really need to add to your game is a skyhook... If you can shoot a skyhook, nobody will be able to block you.’

5. A (proposed) tether attached to a satellite or orbiting space station and extending into the upper atmosphere, used as a means of launching payloads into space. Cf. space elevator n. at space n.¹ Compounds 4.

ΚΠ

1966 Science 11 Feb. 682 (heading) Satellite elongation into a true ‘sky-hook’.

1992 Atlantic Mar. 48/1 One design..has been called a nonsynchronous skyhook. It is essentially a tether 5,300 miles long, set spinning about its midpoint, which would orbit Earth at a height of 2,600 miles once every three hours.

2009 F. H. Cocks Energy Demand & Climate Change xxi. 224 By continuing to add more and more wires to the cable, it is theoretically possible to build such a skyhook right now, but a little math shows that the number of steel wires needed rises exponentially.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sky-hook
释义	sky-hookn. Brit. /ˈskʌɪhʊk/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌhʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, hook n.¹ Etymology: < sky n.¹ + hook n.¹ 1. a. An imaginary device for or means of suspending something in the sky. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > hook > imaginary sky-hook1888 1888 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 18 Feb. 8/2 When the thread is long enough it [sc. the gossamer spider] launches itself into the air at the end of its rope, which is not even attached to a ‘sky-hook’. 1915 Aeroplane 10 Mar. 222 The battery signaller sent a message: ‘Battery out of action for an hour, remain aloft awaiting orders.’ Back came the reply with remarkable promptitude: ‘Submitted; that this machine is not fitted with sky-hooks.’ 1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World B. Fuller 28/1 With each thrust of his wings, the duck generates a momentary vacuum sky-hook above each wing. 1970 D. Waterfield Continental Waterboy i. 6 I..was prepared to..fetch him a left-handed wrench, a skyhook, anything. 1991 M. Helprin Soldier of Great War vi. 382 The two pieces of paper in his pocket seemed to lift him up as if he were attached to a sky-hook. b. Any of various devices used to lift or suspend something high in the air, as a crane, balloon, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > device for lifting something into air sky-hook1927 society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hook stone-hook1396 shackle1552 swivel-hook1788 sling-dog1863 sky-hook1927 1927 Sioux City (Iowa) Jrnl. 27 Dec. 3/6 The only way a person could get a wagonload of corn up and down would be by means of a cable and windlass on top. Someone suggested to Mr. Armstrong that a ‘sky hook’ might help him out. 1951 N.Y. Times 13 Feb. 1/7 The balloons, called skyhooks by the Navy researchers, were released at many points in the country. 1970 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 10 May 3/2 Most Sydney men will not raise their eyes beyond ladies' leg level except to see one other phenomenon—the daring dogmen on the skyhooks. 2012 A. J. Martyr & M. A. Plint Engine Testing (ed. 4) iv. 53 Crane beams can be used for..major maintenance and tend to be used as a ‘sky-hook’ for supporting various parts of the rigging looms and instrumentation. 2. A device mounted on an aeroplane for the collection of samples of spores and microorganisms from the atmosphere at high altitudes, consisting of aluminium tubing containing microscope slides that are coated with petroleum. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > collection or conservation of natural specimens > [noun] > equipment for collecting or preserving towing-net1816 tow-net1816 field book1840 sky-hook1934 1934 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 2/4 The Colonel [Lindbergh] agreed and devised a practical and simple apparatus with the help of Mr. Meier, dubbing his device as a ‘sky hook’. 2012 W. B. Logan Air 50 Called the Sky Hook, the device allowed the Lindberghs to expose oil-treated microscope slides to the atmosphere at an altitude of about three thousand feet. 3. Mountaineering and Rock Climbing. A small flattened hook used to provide grip on a protrusion or lip of rock (esp. one on which other gear cannot be placed), thereby assisting a climber in an aided ascent (cf. aid climbing n. at aid n. Compounds 2), or providing extra protection in the event of a fall. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of runner1688 runner ring1791 ice axec1800 alpenstock1829 rope1838 climbing-iron1857 piolet1868 snap-link1875 prickera1890 middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892 chock1894 glacier-rope1897 piton1898 run-out1901 belaying-pin1903 snap-ring1903 ironmongery1904 line1907 Tricouni1914 ice claw1920 peg1920 sling1920 ice piton1926 ice hammer1932 karabiner1932 rock piton1934 thread belay1935 mugger1941 running belay1941 piton hammer1943 sky-hook1951 etrier1955 pied d'éléphant1956 rope sling1957 piton runner1959 bong1960 krab1963 rurp1963 ice screw1965 nut1965 traverse line1965 jumar1966 knife-blade1968 tie-off1968 rock peg1971 whammer1971 Whillans whammer1971 Whillans harness1974 1951 Montana Standard 27 July 5/2 He plans to use a small sky hook on the terra cotta ledges which he says are sloped and difficult to negotiate. 1957 Appalachia 15 Dec. 452 On the one occasion when I carried a ‘skyhook’ among my pitons I was no less than delighted to find it really could be used to circumvent the placing of a bolt. 1976 Times 13 Nov. 12/6 A curious armoury of pegs, rurps, sky hooks, bolts, and bongs now form the armoury of the modern [rock] climber. 2015 Guardian 15 Jan. A climber will..place a skyhook (a very small grappling hook) over flakes of rock and edges. 4. U.S. Basketball. A type of hook shot in which the player pivots and jumps into the air before releasing the ball with one hand. Also in sky-hook shot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of shot or ball free throw1888 foul shot1902 jump shot1909 jump ball1924 pop shot1933 jumper1937 set shot1940 lay-up1948 fallaway1949 bonus1955 hook-shot1957 sky-hook1959 buzzer beater1965 brick1971 spot-up1992 1959 Salt Lake Tribune 12 Dec. 28 (caption) Bill (the Hill) McGill, talented Ute basketball center, unleashes his patented sky hook shot against Wichita Shockers Friday. 1971 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 28 Jan. d3/3 Lew Alcindor's hook shots, often referred to as ‘sky hooks,’ are things of beauty on the basketball court. 1993 N.Y. Times 28 Nov. ix. 11/1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had his sky hook. Wilt Chamberlain had his finger roll. 2015 I. Austin & M. Litton Dream Again ii. 31 He said, ‘Isaiah, what you really need to add to your game is a skyhook... If you can shoot a skyhook, nobody will be able to block you.’ 5. A (proposed) tether attached to a satellite or orbiting space station and extending into the upper atmosphere, used as a means of launching payloads into space. Cf. space elevator n. at space n.¹ Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1966 Science 11 Feb. 682 (heading) Satellite elongation into a true ‘sky-hook’. 1992 Atlantic Mar. 48/1 One design..has been called a nonsynchronous skyhook. It is essentially a tether 5,300 miles long, set spinning about its midpoint, which would orbit Earth at a height of 2,600 miles once every three hours. 2009 F. H. Cocks Energy Demand & Climate Change xxi. 224 By continuing to add more and more wires to the cable, it is theoretically possible to build such a skyhook right now, but a little math shows that the number of steel wires needed rises exponentially. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888
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