skyjack

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English

Etymology 1

Blend of sky +‎ hijack

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Verb

skyjack (third-person singular simple present skyjacks, present participle skyjacking, simple past and past participle skyjacked)

  1. To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers and/or crew members.
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Etymology 2

An artist on a skyjack

From the brand name Skyjack, from sky +‎ jack.

Noun

skyjack (plural skyjacks)

  1. Synonym of scissor lift
    • 2003, Concrete International‎, volume 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.
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