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sky·writ·ing

(skī′rī′tĭng)

1. The process of writing in the sky by releasing a visible vapor from an airplane.

2. The letters or words so formed.

sky′write′ v.

sky′writ′er n.

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skywrite

(ˈskaɪˌraɪt)

vb (intr) , -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written

(Aeronautics) to write a message in the sky with smoke trails from an aircraft

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