skyhook

What does skyhook mean?

skyhook means "helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skyhook?

skyhook has 2 syllables and divides as sky-hook under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is skyhook a common word?

skyhook is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for skyhook come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.