Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.
- noun A fishhook.
- noun Something shaped like a hook, especially.
- noun A curved or barbed plant or animal part.
- noun A short angled or curved line on a letter.
- noun A sickle.
- noun A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.
- noun A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.
- noun A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.
- noun A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement.
- noun Music A catchy motif or refrain.
- noun A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.
- noun The course of a ball that curves in a direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.
- noun A stroke that sends a ball on such a course.
- noun A ball propelled on such a course.
- noun In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.
- noun Baseball A curve ball.
- noun Basketball A hook shot.
- intransitive verb To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook.
- intransitive verb Informal To snare.
- intransitive verb Slang To steal; snatch.
- intransitive verb To fasten by a hook.
- intransitive verb To pierce or gore with a hook.
- intransitive verb To take strong hold of; captivate.
- intransitive verb To cause to become addicted.
- intransitive verb To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook.
- intransitive verb To hit with a hook in boxing.
- intransitive verb To hit (a golf ball) in a hook.
- intransitive verb Baseball To pitch (a ball) with a curve.
- intransitive verb Basketball To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.
- intransitive verb Sports To impede the progress of (an opponent in ice hockey) by holding or restraining the player with one's stick, in violation of the rules.
- intransitive verb To bend like a hook.
- intransitive verb To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.
- intransitive verb Slang To work as a prostitute.
- idiom (by hook or by crook) By whatever means possible, fair or unfair.
- idiom (get the hook) To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated.
- idiom (hook, line, and sinker) Without reservation; completely.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So the main hook is that you have this kid born into a working class family of petty criminals but against all odds, manages to become the greatest hero the world has seen and fight the good fight.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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In Holloway-speak, landing a left hook translates as keeping faith with core principles.
Ian Holloway wants Blackpool to play like world champions Spain Louise Taylor at St James 2010
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Your use of the term hook which applies specifically to the opening paragraph of a book mislead me a little; you are talking about setting up a pitch appointment, not submitting pages in advance of such an appointment.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Blurbology 101: the chick with the chinchillas 2007
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The double-line pull uses a snatch block (also known as a pulley block) to run the wire rope out to an anchor and then double it back to the vehicle, where the hook is attached to the frame -- not the bumper, winch, or any part of the suspension.
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What may get the comic off the hook is the fact that the comic exists in a different format (i.e. - books/comics) than the band (music).
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I think the only way to get myself off the hook is actually to pick up the hook and promise to learn to crochet this year, she's already bought me the hook and the book.
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I think the only way to get myself off the hook is actually to pick up the hook and promise to learn to crochet this year, she's already bought me the hook and the book.
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The effort to say that Imus should not be so badly treated if blacks who have made similar statements about black women are let off the hook is a product of the first America.
Does He Not Have a First Name? : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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I think the only way to get myself off the hook is actually to pick up the hook and promise to learn to crochet this year, she's already bought me the hook and the book.
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And then right in through there, that's what we call a hook echo.
tbtabby commented on the word hook
A letter than can be added to a word on the board, changing it into a new word. If it's done with more than one letter, it's called an extension.
November 27, 2019