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hook maneuver

hook maneuver noun: an anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves powerful inhalation, and rapid exhalation, resulting in breathing noises that sound like "HOO" for inhalation, and "KEH" for exhalation, (HOO-KEH... hook).

Noun

hook maneuver (plural hook maneuvers)

  1. (space flight) An anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves powerful inhalation, and rapid exhalation, resulting in breathing noises that sound like "HOO" for inhalation, and "KEH" for exhalation, (HOO-KEH... hook)

Forms of hook maneuver

pluralhook maneuvers

Origin of hook maneuver

From hook + maneuver. From the anglicized onomatopoeia of the sound produced when practising the maneuver, with the inhalation "HOO" and exhalation "KEH" sounds.

Questions about hook maneuver

What does hook maneuver mean?
Hook maneuver means an anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves powerful inhalation, and rapid exhalation, resulting in breathing noises that sound like "HOO" for inhalation, and "KEH" for exhalation, (HOO-KEH... hook).
What part of speech is hook maneuver?
Hook maneuver is a noun.
What is the plural of hook maneuver?
The plural of hook maneuver is hook maneuvers.

Words near hook maneuver in the dictionary

  1. hook in
  2. hook it
  3. hook it up
  4. hook ladder
  5. hook ladders
  6. hook maneuver
  7. hook maneuvers
  8. Hook Norton
  9. Hook of Holland
  10. hook off
  11. hook pin

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