Associations to the word «Skyhook»

Wiktionary

SKYHOOK, noun. An hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
SKYHOOK, noun. An overhead winch.
SKYHOOK, noun. A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.

Dictionary definition

SKYHOOK, noun. Helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects.
SKYHOOK, noun. A hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King