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hook maneuver

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *handuwerk✻
  2. derived from manopera
  3. derived from manovre
  4. derived from manœuvre
  5. compounded as hook maneuver — “hook + maneuver”

Definitions

  1. An anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves…

    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)

The neighborhood

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