hook
What is the Definition of hook?
Noun:
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
Verb:
- fasten with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- take by theft
- make off with belongings of others
- hit with a hook
- catch with a hook
- to cause (someone or oneself)
- on something, especially a narcotic drug
- secure with the foot
- entice and trap
How can I use hook in a sentence?
The hook-nosed teacher looked past Quirrell's turban straight into Harry's eyes — and a sharp, hot pain shot across the scar on Harry's forehead.
The fisherman used a hook to catch fish in the river. - Рыбак использовал крючок, чтобы ловить рыбу в реке.
Hook the bag onto the hanger. - Подвесь сумку на крючок.
Other meanings of hook (synonyms, cognates).
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| hooked |
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| hookup |
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