skyhook
/ˈskaɪˌhʊk/noun
skyhook is spelled S-K-Y-H-O-O-K: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skyhook means “A hook imagined to be suspended in midair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skyhook is skyhooks.
How many letters and syllables are in skyhook?
| Letters | 7: S-K-Y-H-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skyhook?
Skyhook appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skyhook?
- /ˈskaɪˌhʊk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-skyhook.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skyhook
- skyhooks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skyhook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
- 2
An overhead winch.
- 3
A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
- 4
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.
- 5
slangA CB radio antenna.
- 6
A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
- 7
A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
- 8
A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skyhook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense imaginary hook suspended in the air:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Skyhook |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skyhook come from?
From sky + hook.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).