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skywriting

[ skahy-rahy-ting ]

noun

  1. the act or technique of writing writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
  2. the words, letters, designs, etc., so traced.


skywriting

/ ˈskaɪˌraɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. the forming of words in the sky by the release of smoke or vapour from an aircraft
  2. the words so formed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈskyˌwriter, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skywriting1

First recorded in 1920–25; sky + writing
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Example Sentences

These include skywriting — writing letters large in the air — and drawing words in shaving cream.

He buys up every ad space imaginable in the lead-up to the primary — radio, television, Internet, billboard, skywriting, Super Bowl, car wraps, biceps tattoos, corn mazes in the shape of his wide, wide grin.

Friends pilot the plane that’s skywriting the words YAY, YOU! across your universe.

It’s also quicker than skywriting, just four seconds a character, coming out in a series of puffs.

In her review for The Times, Janet Maslin wrote that Anderson’s “display of talent is as big and exuberant as skywriting.”

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