skywalk

noun

sky·​walk ˈskī-ˌwȯk How to pronounce skywalk (audio)
: a usually enclosed aerial walkway connecting two buildings

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The Hyatt skywalk collapse remains one of the worst engineering disasters in U.S. history. Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025 Critics unleashed their wrath on social media, wondering what was behind the plan to replace the popular basketball courts, a longtime fixture at the end of the exclusive pedestrian skywalk that connects Bahia Mar to the public beach. Susannah Bryan, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025 The addition, expected to be finished by the end of 2025, will be connected by a skywalk to a $47 million parking garage across Washington Street. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025 All of the complex's buildings are connected by skywalks. Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for skywalk

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skywalk was in 1953

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“Skywalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skywalk. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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