skyhook

IPA: skˈaɪhʊk

A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
An overhead winch.
A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
(astronautics) A proposed momentum-exchange tether for launching payloads into low Earth orbit by hooking them to the end of a cable that reaches down from an orbiting station into the upper atmosphere.
(slang) A CB radio antenna.
(tennis) A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
(climbing) A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
(board sports) A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.

Examples of "skyhook" in Sentences

The basketball player executed a perfect skyhook shot, scoring the winning basket for his team
The skyhook crane lifted heavy machinery effortlessly onto the construction site
The mountaineer relied on his trusty skyhook to safely scale the treacherous cliff
The fisherman used a skyhook to hoist the large fishing net out of the water
The engineer designed a new type of skyhook system to help astronauts on the space station