skywrite

[ skahy-rahyt ]

/ ˈskaɪˌraɪt /

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verb (used without object), sky·wrote, sky·writ·ten, sky·writ·ing.

to engage in skywriting.

verb (used with object), sky·wrote, sky·writ·ten, sky·writ·ing.

to produce (a message, advertisement, etc.) by skywriting.

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Origin of skywrite

First recorded in 1925–30; sky + write

skywriter, noun