skyjack
English
Etymology 1
Blend of sky + highjack
Verb
skyjack (third-person singular simple present skyjacks, present participle skyjacking, simple past and past participle skyjacked)
- To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers.
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Etymology 2
An artist on a skyjack
From the brand name Skyjack, from sky + jack.
Noun
skyjack (plural skyjacks)
- A platform that can be raised using a hydraulic scissor lift.
- 2003, Concrete International, vol. 25
- Concrete was placed continuously, with an observer in a skyjack above the column communicating with the pump operator to avoid overfilling[...]
- 2007, Don Wallace, One Great Game
- A skyjack—a thirty-foot-high filming platform that rises on a hydraulic scissors lift—is in place, with a cameraman overseeing the practice.
- 2003, Concrete International, vol. 25
Synonyms
- scissor-lift
Related terms
- cherry picker