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Noun: skyhook
  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

Derived forms: skyhooks

Type of: chopper [informal], copter [informal], eggbeater [N. Amer, informal], helicopter, hook, whirlybird [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Skyhook