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sky⋅hook

  [skahy-hook]
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–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 + hook 1
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sky hook

  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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Word Origin & History

skyhook 
"imaginary device to hold things up," 1915, originally aviators' jargon, from sky + hook. Applied from 1935 to actual device for lifting things into the air.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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