Definition of hook Hook

/hʊˈk/ - [huk] - hook

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: hooks

hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
  implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
  barb one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
  boat hook pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats
  buttonhook a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
  crotchet a small tool or hooklike implement
  cup hook hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups
  fishhook a sharp barbed hook for catching fish
  gaff an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
  gig a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"
  meat hook a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung
hook - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
  claw
  mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
  clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on
  grappling hook, grappling iron, grapnel, grappler, grapple a light anchor for small boats
  ground tackle, anchor a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
  pothook an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
hook - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
  biff, lick, punch, clout, poke, slug touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
hook - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
  draw, hooking
  golf shot, golf stroke, swing the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
hook - a catch for locking a door
  catch the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"
hook - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
  crotchet
  curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
hook - anything that serves as an enticement
  bait, come-on, lure, sweetener
  enticement, temptation the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"
hook - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
  hook shot

Verb

hooks, hooking, hooked  

hook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
  hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
  golf, golf game a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
hook - fasten with a hook
  unhook take off a hook
  fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
  hook up connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"
hook - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
  snare
  entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
hook - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
  snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
  steal steal a base
hook - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
  solicit, accost
  offer put forward for consideration; "He offered his opinion"
hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
  take hold of, grab, catch capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
  seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
hook - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
  hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
  pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs fighting with the fists
hook - secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
  play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
  rugby, rugby football, rugger a form of football played with an oval ball
hook - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
  addict
  accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
  habituate, use make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
hook - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
  crochet
  intertwine, loop spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
  handicraft a craft that requires skillful hands
hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob
  undercharge charge (someone) too little money
  rip off, chisel, cheat carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
  bill, charge advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
  extort, gouge, wring, squeeze, rack get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
hook - make off with belongings of others
  pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
  steal steal a base
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hook (Noun)
    A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  • hook (Noun)
    A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.
  • hook (Noun)
    Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
  • hook (Noun)
    A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e. g. g and j.
  • hook (Noun)
    A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • hook (Noun)
    A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.
  • hook (Noun)
    Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
  • hook (Noun)
    A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
  • hook (Noun)
    A curveball.
  • hook (Noun)
    A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.
  • hook (Noun)
    A golf shot that for the right-handed player curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade.
  • hook (Noun)
    A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot .
  • hook (Noun)
    A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.
  • hook (Noun)
    A jack.
  • hook (Noun)
    An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
  • hook (Noun)
    A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
  • hook (Noun)
    A finesse.
  • hook (Verb)
    To attach a hook to.
  • hook (Verb)
    To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.
  • hook (Verb)
    To connect hook into, hook together.
  • hook (Verb)
    Usually in passive To make addicted; to captivate.
  • hook (Verb)
    To play a hook shot.
  • hook (Verb)
    To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking.
  • hook (Verb)
    To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
  • hook (Verb)
    To engage in prostitution.
  • hook (Verb)
    To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  • hook (Verb)
    To finesse.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hook (n.)
    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.
  • hook (n.)
    That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  • hook (n.)
    An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
  • hook (n.)
    See Eccentric, and V-hook.
  • hook (n.)
    A snare; a trap.
  • hook (n.)
    A field sown two years in succession.
  • hook (n.)
    The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
  • hook (v. t.)
    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 (v. t.)
    To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  • hook (v. t.)
    To steal.
  • hook (v. i.)
    To bend; to curve as a hook.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • hook
    A sharp metal hook.
  • hook
    A rod bent into a curved shape, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything.
  • hook
    A metal hook for catching fish.
  • hook
    A device for catching and holding animals.
  • hook
    A punch in boxing delivered with the arm bent.
  • hook
    A baseball pitch resulting in motion downward and usually to the left when thrown with the right hand and to the right when thrown with the left hand.
  • hook
    Features, definitions, or codings that enable future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.
  • hook
    To fasten with a hook.
  • hook
    To ask an unreasonable price.
  • hook
    To make a piece of needlework.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hook
    hook, n. a piece of metal bent into a curve, so as to catch or hold anything: a snare: an advantageous hold: a curved instrument for cutting grain: a spit of land projecting into the sea, ending in a hook-shaped form.—v.t. to catch or hold with a hook: to draw as with a hook: to ensnare: (golf) to drive a ball widely to the left—also Draw.—v.i. to bend: to be curved.—adj. Hooked.—ns. Hook′edness, the state of being bent like a hook; Hook′er, he who, or that which, hooks.—adj. Hook′-nosed, having a hooked or curved nose.—n. Hook′-pin, an iron pin with hooked head used for pinning the frame of a floor or roof together.—adj. Hook′y, full of, or pertaining to, hooks.—Hook and eye, a contrivance for fastening dresses by means of a hook made to fasten on a ring or eye on another part of the dress; Hook it (slang), to decamp, make off.—By hook or by crook, one way or the other; Off the hooks, out of gear: superseded: dead; On one's own hook, on one's own responsibility. [A.S. hóc; Dut. haak, Ger. haken.]

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

  • hook
    a crooked piece of iron, of which there are several of different shapes and sizes, used at sea, as boat-hooks, can-hooks, cat-hooks, fish-hooks, foot-hooks, &c. See the articles BOAT-HOOK, CAN-HOOK, &c.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • hook
    There are several kinds used at sea, as boat-hooks, can-hooks, cat-hooks, fish-hooks, and the like. A name given to reaches, or angular points in rivers, such as Sandy Hook at New York.--Laying-hook. A winch used in rope-making.--Loof-tackle hooks, termed luffs. A tackle with two hooks, one to hitch into a cringle of the main or fore sail in the bolt-rope, and the other to hitch into a strap spliced to the chess-tree. They pull down the sail, and in a stiff gale help to hold it so that all the stress may not bear upon the tack.

Part of speech

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  • hook, verb, present, 1st person singular of hook (infinitive).
  • hook, verb (infinitive).
  • hook, noun, singular of hooks.

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