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)

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Meanings

nounhook maneuver (plural hook maneuvers)

plural hook maneuvers

  1. space flightaeronauticsAn 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)

Origin

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

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APA

hook maneuver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hook%20maneuver

MLA

“hook maneuver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hook%20maneuver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hook maneuver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hook%20maneuver.

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