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hook

UK/hɵk/ US/hʊk/ common informal slang uk us
verb (12) noun (8)

verb

1.

fasten with a hook

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2.
3.

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

  • “She sat there crocheting all day”
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4.

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

5.

take by theft

  • “Someone snitched my wallet!”
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6.
7.

hit with a hook

  • “His opponent hooked him badly”
8.

catch with a hook

  • “hook a fish”
9.

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

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10.

secure with the foot

  • “hook the ball”
11.

entice and trap

  • “The car salesman had snared three potential customers”
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12.

approach with an offer of sexual favors

  • “he was solicited by a prostitute”
  • “The young man was caught soliciting in the park”
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noun

1.

a catch for locking a door

2.

a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

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3.

anything that serves as an enticement

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4.

a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

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5.

a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

6.

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

  • “he tooks lessons to cure his hooking”
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7.

a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

8.

a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

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Origin

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Cognates Cognate with Scots huke, huik (“hook”), West Frisian and Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk, German Hook (“small cluster of farms”), Faroese høkja (“crutch”), Icelandic hækja (“crutch”), Norn hek (“crutch”), Finnish kuokka (“hoe, mattock”). Related to hake.

Phrases

  • Aberdeen hook
  • anal hook
  • bench hook
  • bid hook
  • bill hook
  • blue hook star
  • boat hook
  • Bombay Hook
  • hook it up
  • hook off
  • hook up
  • hook up on

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