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skyjacking

skyjacking is the present participle and gerund of skyjack.

Meaning of skyjack

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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Noun

skyjacking (plural skyjackings)

  1. The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force; the hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.

Forms of skyjacking

pluralskyjackings

Questions about skyjacking

What does skyjacking mean?
Skyjacking means the kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force; the hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.
What is skyjacking the present participle and gerund of?
Skyjacking is the present participle and gerund of skyjack.
What part of speech is skyjacking?
Skyjacking is a noun.
What is the plural of skyjacking?
The plural of skyjacking is skyjackings.

Words near skyjacking in the dictionary

  1. skyish
  2. skyjack
  3. skyjacked
  4. skyjacker
  5. skyjackers
  6. skyjacking
  7. skyjackings
  8. skyjacks
  9. Skykomish
  10. Skyla
  11. skylab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skyjacking (page history and authors); skyjack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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