skyhook

Skyhook can refer to any of the following:Skyhook balloon, a type of unmanned balloon used by the United States Navy in the late 1940s and in the 1950s for atmospheric researchCessna CH-1, a helicopter produced in the early 1960s by the Cessna Aircraft company that was marketed to the civil sector as the "Cessna Skyhook"Skyhook (boarding), a binding used in skateboarding and related sportsSkyhook (climbing), a hook used in technical climbingSkyhook (skydiving), a device for quickly extracting reserve parachutesSkyhook (structure), a hypothetical structure used for transporting material to and from a planet's surface into orbitAn imaginary device used for hanging things from the sky. See snipe hunt.An explanation of design complexity in the universe that does not build on lower, simpler layers (coined by Daniel Dennett in Darwin's Dangerous Idea)Skyhooks, an Australian rock band of the 1970sSkyhook Wireless is a service for determining geographical location by looking up the MAC Address of a Wireless Access Point Skyhook is a nickname for the following:Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, a retrieval method to be used by an aircraftHook shot, a basketball shot popularized by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Noun
1. helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
(hypernym) helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater
2. a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
(hypernym) hook

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