skyhook

sky·hook or sky-hook  (skhk)

n.

A helicopter whose fuselage is configured so as to be mounted with a steel line and hook used to lift and transport heavy objects.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skyhook - helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects eggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird, chopper - an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
	2.	skyhook - a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something