skyjack an airplane

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• skyjack — to hijack an airplane, 1961, apparently coined in N.Y. Mirror headlines, from SKY (Cf. sky) + second element of HIJACK (Cf. hijack) (q.v.) …   Etymology dictionary

• skyjack — v. hijack an airplane, take control of an airplane by force …   English contemporary dictionary

• skyjack — transitive verb Etymology: 1sky + jack (as in hijack) Date: 1961 to commandeer (an airplane in flight) by the threat of violence • skyjacker noun • skyjacking noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• skyjack — verb To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers …   Wiktionary

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• skyjacking — /skuy jak ing/, n. an act or instance of hijacking an aircraft. [1965 70; SKYJACK + ING1] * * *       the hijacking of a flying airplane (see hijacking). * * * …   Universalium

• aviation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of flight Nouns 1. (science of flight) aviation, flight, flying; navigation, aerial navigation; aeronautics, aerodynamics, aerodonetics, aerostatics, avionics, rocketry; aerial navigation,… …   English dictionary for students