Skyhook
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.
sky bear
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