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Definition of skyhook in English: skyhooknounˈskʌɪhʊkˈskīˌho͝ok 1A device or piece of equipment for lifting or suspending something high in the air. - 1.1dated Used humorously to refer to the apparent means by which an aircraft remains airborne.
2Basketball
A very high-arcing hook shot. Example sentencesExamples - Well you can't beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook, the single most unstoppable shot in the game's history.
3Climbing
A small flattened hook, with an eye for attaching a rope, fixed temporarily into a rock face. Example sentencesExamples - One of the favourites was to ask the young lads for some skyhooks.
- With small cams, two bolts and some skyhooking he had managed 10 meters, before the nut of one skyhook he was standing on opened.
Definition of skyhook in US English: skyhooknounˈskīˌho͝ok 1A device or piece of equipment for lifting or suspending something high in the air. - 1.1dated Used humorously to refer to the apparent means by which an aircraft remains airborne.
2Basketball
A very high-arcing hook shot. Example sentencesExamples - Well you can't beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook, the single most unstoppable shot in the game's history.
3Climbing
A small flattened hook, with an eye for attaching a rope, fixed temporarily into a rock face. Example sentencesExamples - With small cams, two bolts and some skyhooking he had managed 10 meters, before the nut of one skyhook he was standing on opened.
- One of the favourites was to ask the young lads for some skyhooks.
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