Definitions of HOOK in various dictionaries:
noun -
a catch for locking a door
noun -
a sharp curve or crook
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anything that serves as an enticement
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a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
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a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
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a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
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a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
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a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
verb -
fasten with a hook
verb -
rip off
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make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
verb -
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
verb -
take by theft
verb -
make off with belongings of others
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hit with a hook
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catch with a hook
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to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
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secure with the foot
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entice and trap
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approach with an offer of sexual favors
A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.
A fishhook.
A curved or barbed plant or animal part.
A short angled or curved line on a letter.
A sickle.
A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.
A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.
A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.
Slang.
A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement: a sales hook.
A catchy motif or refrain: “sugary hard rock melodies [and] ear candy hooks” (Boston Globe).
Sports.
A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.
A golf stroke that sends the ball to the left of a right-handed player or to the right of a left-handed player.
In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.
A curve ball.
A hook shot.
To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook.
To snare.
Slang.
To fasten by or as if by a hook.
To pierce or gore with or as if with a hook.
Slang.
To take strong hold of; captivate: a novel that hooked me on the very first page.
To cause to become addicted.
To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook.
Sports.
To hit with a hook in boxing.
To hit (a golf ball) in a hook.
To pitch (a ball) with a curve.
To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.
To bend like a hook.
To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.
To work as a prostitute.
To assemble or wire (a mechanism).
To connect a mechanism and a source of power.
To form a tie or connection: hooked up with the wrong crowd.
verb - to catch with a hook (a bent piece of metal)