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sky·hook

   [skahy-hook]
noun
1.
a fanciful hook imagined to be suspended in the air.
2.
any of various lifting devices, as one hung from a helicopter, designed to lift heavy loads to distances beyond the reach of a jib crane.
3.
a high, arching hook shot in basketball.
Origin:
1910–15; sky + hook1
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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sky hook definition


  1. n.
    an imaginary crane; an imaginary tool. : I can't get this thing outa here without a sky hook.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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