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What's The Definition Of Hook?
[n] a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
[n] a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent [n] a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking" [n] a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something [n] a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [n] a catch for locking a door [n] anything that serves as an enticement [n] a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [v] entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [v] to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp. a narcotic drug) [v] fasten with a hook [v] catch with a hook; "hook a fish" [v] hit with a hook; in boxing; "His opponent hooked him badly" [v] in golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left [v] interlock [v] make off with belongings of others [v] rip off; ask an unreasonable price [v] take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hook: abstract | addict | bait | cabbage | claw | come-on | cop | crochet | crotchet | draw | filch | fleece | gazump | glom | hook shot | hooking | knock off | lift | lure | nobble | overcharge | pilfer | pinch | pluck | plume | purloin | rob | snare | snarf | sneak | snitch | soak | surcharge | sweetener | swipe | thieve Related Terms | Find terms related to Hook: abstract | acquitted | all the way | allure | anchor | anchorage | and | and sinker | angle | angle off | annex | apex | appropriate | arc | arch | argue into | articulate | backhand | backhander | backstroke | bag | bait | bait the hook | baited trap | bar | batten | batten down | belt | bend | bend back | berth | bifurcate | bifurcation | bight | bill | birdlime | bola | bolo punch | bolt | boom | boost | borrow | bow | branch | breakwater | bring over | bring round | bring to reason | buckle | butt | button | cabbage | cant | cape | captivate | capture | catacaustic | catch | catch out | catenary | caustic | charm | chersonese | chevron | circle | clasp | claws | cleared | cleat | clip | clotheshorse | clothespin | clutches | cobweb | coin | collar | come what may | come-on | completely | con | conchoid | convince | cop | coral reef | corner | crane | crank | crib | crook | crotchet | curl | curve | decoy | decoy duck | decurve | deflect | deflection | defraud | delta | diacaustic | digits | dogleg | dome | dovetail | dragnet | draw over | drawcard | drawing card | elbow | ell | ellipse | embezzle | embow | endearment | enmesh | ensnare | ensnarl | entangle | entirely | entoil | entrap | enweb | exonerated | extort | fangs | fastener | festoon | filch | fingernails | fingers | fishhook | flex | fly | foreland | fork | foul | furcate | furcation | gain | gain over | gallows | garter | gibbet | gill net | gin | grab | ground bait | hake | hands | hanger | harpoon | hasp | haymaker | head | headland | hinge | hitch | holder | hook | hook in | hooks | horse | hump | hunch | hyperbola | in the clear | incurvate | incurve | inflect | inflection | inveigle | jam | jaws | jig | joint | knee | knob | L | land | lariat | lasso | latch | let off | liberate | lift | lime | line | lituus | lock | Long Melford | loop | lure | make off with | mandibles | maxillae | meathooks | mesh | meshes | miter | mitts | mooring | mooring buoy | moorings | mortise | mudhook | mull | nab | nail | nails | naze | ness | net | nick | nip | nippers | nook | noose | off | one-two | out of it | outtalk | palm | parabola | peg | peninsula | persuade | pilfer | pin | pincers | pinch | plug | poach | point | pothook | pounces | pound net | prevail on | prevail upon | prevail with | promontory | purloin | purse seine | quoin | rabbet | recurve | reef | reflect | reflex | remove | retroflex | ring | rip off | rivet | rob | rope | round | round-arm blow | roundhouse | run away with | rustle | sack | sag | sandspit | scarf | screw | scrounge | seine | seize | sell | sell one on | set free | sew | shoplift | short-arm blow | sidewinder | sinus | skewer | slip | snag | snap | snare | snarl | snatch | sniggle | snitch | somehow or other | someway | spar | spear | spinner | spit | spread the toils | springe | spur | squid | staple | steal | stick | stitch | stud | suspenders | suspensory | swag | sway | sweep | swerve | swindle | swing | swipe | tack | take | talk into | talk over | talons | tangle | tangle up with | teeth | thieve | thoroughly | through and through | toggle | toils | tongue | totally | tracery | trap | trawl | trip | turn | unguals | ungulae | uppercut | utterly | vault | veer | vertex | vindicated | walk off with | wangle | wangle into | wear down | wedge | wholly | win | win over | wind | wobbler | yard | yardarm | zag | zig | zigzag | zipper See Also | accustom | anchor | barb | basketball shot | beat | biff | bill | boat hook | buttonhook | catch | catch | charge | cheat | chisel | clothes hanger | coat hanger | crotchet | cup hook | curve | curved shape | dress hanger | entice | enticement | extort | fasten | fishhook | fix | gaff | gig | golf shot | golf stroke | gouge | grab | grapnel | grapple | grappler | grappling hook | grappling iron | ground tackle | habituate | hit | hook up | implement | intertwine | lick | loop | lure | meat hook | mechanical device | poke | pothook | punch | rack | rip off | roundhouse | secure | seize | skyhook | steal | swing | take hold of | tempt | temptation | tenterhook | uncus | use | wring Hook In Webster's Dictionary \Hook\, n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D. haak, G. hake,
haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake,
Dan. hage. Cf. {Arquebuse}, {Hagbut}, {Hake}, {Hatch} a half
door, {Heckle}.]
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent
into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or
sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook
for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on
which a door or gate hangs and turns.
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook.
--Pope.
4. (Steam Engin.) See {Eccentric}, and {V-hook}.
5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; --
called also {hook bones}.
{By hook or by crook}, one way or other; by any means, direct
or indirect. --Milton. ``In hope her to attain by hook or
crook.'' --Spenser.
{Off the hooks}, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.]
``In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom
I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone
out of the river.'' --Pepys.
{On one's own hook}, on one's own account or responsibility;
by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
{To go off the hooks}, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
{Bid hook}, a small boat hook.
{Chain hook}. See under {Chain}.
{Deck hook}, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a
ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
{Hook and eye}, one of the small wire hooks and loops for
fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
{Hook bill} (Zo["o]l.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
{Hook ladder}, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can
be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
{Hook motion} (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed
by V hooks.
{Hook squid}, any squid which has the arms furnished with
hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera
{Enoploteuthis} and {Onychteuthis}.
{Hook wrench}, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end,
instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or
coupling.
\Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooking}.] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook. \Hook\, v. i. To bend; to curve as a hook. \Hook\, v. i. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov. Eng.], to make off; to clear out; -- often with it. ``Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it.'' --Kipling. |
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