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| 1. | [ verb ] fasten with a hook | |
| Related terms: | unhook fasten hook_up | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | |
| Synonyms: | crochet | |
| Examples: | "She sat there crocheting all day" |
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| Related terms: | loop handicraft crochet | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (golf) in golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left | |
| Related terms: | hit golf | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a catch for locking a door | |
| Related terms: | catch | |
| 5. | [ verb ] rip off; ask an unreasonable price | |
| Synonyms: | rob soak gazump fleece plume pluck surcharge overcharge | |
| Related terms: | undercharge cheat extort charge | |
| 6. | [ noun ] anything that serves as an enticement | |
| Synonyms: | bait sweetener lure come-on | |
| Related terms: | temptation sweeten addict bait | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook | |
| Synonyms: | crotchet | |
| Related terms: | curve uncus | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something | |
| Related terms: | implement boat_hook crotchet cup_hook fishhook gaff gig buttonhook meat_hook skyhook barb | |
| 9. | [ verb ] to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp. a narcotic drug) | |
| Synonyms: | addict | |
| Related terms: | habituate addict addict addiction use | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2285 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | |
| Synonyms: | claw | |
| Related terms: | mechanical_device anchor pothook tenterhook grapnel coat_hanger | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (sport,boxing) a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent | |
| Related terms: | punch roundhouse | |
| 13. | [ verb ] (boxing) hit with a hook | |
| Examples: | "His opponent hooked him badly" |
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| Related terms: | hit boxing | |
| 14. | [ verb ] catch with a hook | |
| Examples: | "hook a fish" |
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| Related terms: | catch seize | |
| 15. | [ verb ] (criminal law) make off with belongings of others | |
| Synonyms: | pilfer purloin lift abstract sneak nobble pinch filch swipe snarf cabbage | |
| Related terms: | steal booster pilferage | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | |
| Synonyms: | hand mitt mauler paw manus | |
| Examples: | "he had the hands of a surgeon" "he extended his mitt" |
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| Related terms: | extremity fist left right hooks arm homo finger palm intercapitular_vein metacarpal_vein digital_arteries ball metacarpus metacarpal_artery pass | |
| 17. | [ verb ] (criminal law) take by theft | |
| Synonyms: | glom thieve knock_off cop snitch | |
| Examples: | "Someone snitched my wallet!" |
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| Related terms: | steal larceny | |
| 18. | [ verb ] approach with an offer of sexual favors | |
| Synonyms: | accost solicit | |
| Examples: | "he was solicited by a prostitute" "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" |
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| Related terms: | offer | |
| 19. | [ verb ] entice and trap | |
| Synonyms: | snare | |
| Examples: | "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" |
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| Related terms: | entice solicit trap | |
| 20. | [ verb ] secure with the foot | |
| Examples: | "hook the ball" |
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| Related terms: | play rugby | |
| 21. | [ noun ] (sport,golf) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | |
| Synonyms: | hooking draw | |
| Examples: | "he took lessons to cure his hooking" |
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| Related terms: | golf_stroke | |
| 22. | [ noun ] (sport,basketball) a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket | |
| Synonyms: | hook_shot | |
| Related terms: | basketball_shot | |
| Similar spelling: |
hooky Hooks hooke hookah Howk Houk hock Hoka Hoke Hoak hokey Hoyos Houck Hoskie hockey hog Hose Hoss Hogg Hoge Hoch hoax Hoos Hoag |
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