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See also:Hookandhòòk

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishhoke, fromOld Englishhōc, fromProto-West Germanic*hōk, fromProto-Germanic*hōkaz, variant of*hakô(“hook”), probably ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*kog-,*keg-,*keng-(“peg, hook, claw”).

Cognates

CompareWest Frisianheak,Dutchhaak(“hook”)) (compareWest Frisian/Dutchhoek(“hook, angle, corner”),Low GermanHook,Huuk); also related tohake.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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A hook(sense 1) on a construction crane
A hook shot(sense 25.2) in basketball
A right hook(sense 25.4) in boxing

hook (pluralhooks)

  1. Arodbent into acurvedshape, typically with oneendfree and the other endsecured to arope or otherattachment.
  2. Abarbedmetal hook used forfishing; afishhook.
  3. Any of various hook-shapedagriculturalimplements such as abillhook.
  4. The curvedneedle used in the art ofcrochet.
  5. The part of ahinge which isfixed to apost, and on which adoor orgatehangs andturns.
  6. Aloop shaped like a hook under certainwrittenletters, for example,g andj.
  7. Atie-in to acurrentevent ortrend that makes anewsstory oreditorialrelevant andtimely.
  8. Asnare; atrap.
  9. Anadvantageoushold.
    • 2020, Joel W. Barrows,Deep Red Cover:
      “What makes you so sure that nobody knows you've got ahook into him?” Ward asked.
  10. (in theplural) The projecting points of thethighbones ofcattle; called alsohook bones.
  11. (informal)Removal orexpulsion from a group or activity.
    He is not handling this job, so we're giving him thehook.
  12. (agriculture) Afieldsowntwoyears insuccession.
  13. This term needs a definition. Please help out andadd a definition, then remove the text{{rfdef}}
    • 1988 February 7, Elizabeth Pincus, “A Romp Through Lavender Land”, inGay Community News, volume15, number29, page 7:
      Much of theTwo in Twenty humor is insider stuff; this soap is clearly made for lesbians who have been around the city block, with a few road trips to Michigan. Gay men may love it as well, and others with ahook into contemporary urban dyke life.
    • 2022 September 12, leicsmiscellany,Twitter‎[1]:
      If you're struggling to get ahook on the scale of it, that's the North Stand at Leicester Tigers, plus six Peter Crouches, or half a Clock Tower.
  14. (authorship) Abrief,punchyopeningstatement intended to getattention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read abook, or watch aplay.
  15. (narratology) Agimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compellingidea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
    • 2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, inThe A.V. Club‎[2], archived fromthe original on4 March 2021:
      Thehook ofGood Boys, Hollywood's latest odyssey of comic adolescent mischief, is that the kids behaving badly are, for once, truly kids.
  16. (bridge, slang) Afinesse.
  17. (card games, slang) Ajack (theplaying card).
  18. (geography) Aspit or narrowcape ofsand orgravel turnedlandward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook inNew Jersey.
  19. (music) Acatchymusicalphrase which forms the basis of apopularsong.
    The song'shook snared me.
    • 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album,AFI (The Blood Album)”, inThe A.V. Club‎[3]:
      Guitarist Jade Puget and vocalist Davey Havok have distilled AFI’s strengths (a ferocious, post-hardcore rhythmic backbone; goth-tinctured, post-punky guitars; and Havok’s desperate, dramatic croon) into 14 taut,hook-driven songs.
  20. (nautical, informal) A ship'sanchor.
  21. (programming) Part of asystem'soperation that can beintercepted tochange oraugment itsbehaviour.
    Synonym:endpoint
    We've addedhooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
    • 2015, Rachel Alt-Simmons,Agile by Design, page182:
      In lieu of those unneededhooks, write code tofail fast and prevent gaps from becoming a problem.
  22. (Scrabble) An instance of playing a wordperpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
    • 2003, Andrew Fisher, David Webb,The Art of Scrabble‎[4],→ISBN, page58:
      Setup plays can also be made when you do not have the needed letter but believe your opponent doesn't know thehook owing to its obscurity.
  23. (typography) Adiacritical mark shaped like the upper part of aquestion mark, as inỏ.
  24. (typography, rare) Aháček.
    • 2003,Language Issues, XV-XVIII,page 36:
      Common diacritics in Slavonic language are thehook ˇ (as in haček – Czech for ‘hook’) and the stroke ´ (robić – Polish for ‘do/make’).
    • 2003, David Adams,The Song and Duet Texts ofAntonín Dvořák,page168:
      In Czech, palatalization is normally indicated by the symbol ˇ, calledhaček or “hook.”
    • 2004,Keesing’s Record of World Events L:i–xii,page unknown
      In detailing the proposed shortening of the Czech Republic to Česko…thehook (hacek) erroneously appeared over the letter “e” instead of the “C”.
  25. Senses relating to sports.
    1. (baseball) Acurveball.
      He threw ahook in the dirt.
    2. (basketball) abasketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also calledhook shot.
    3. (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
      • 1969, Harold Keith,Sports and Games‎[5], page102:
        However, for pins on the bowler's right, such as the 3, 6, 9, or 10, move more toward the center of the foul line if you bowl a straight ball or slightly to the left of the center of the foul line if you bowl ahook.
    5. (boxing) a type ofpunch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontallymesially along anarc
      The heavyweight delivered a few powerfulhooks that staggered his opponent.
      • 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, inBBC Sport‎[6]:
        American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs andhooks and even bullying Froch at times.
    6. (cricket) A type ofshot played byswinging thebat in ahorizontalarc, hitting the ballhigh in the air to theleg side, oftenplayed to balls whichbounce aroundheadheight.
    7. (golf) Agolf shot that (for the right-handed player) curvesunintentionally to the left. (Seedraw,slice,fade.)
    8. The amount of spin placed on abowling ball.
  26. (Canada, Australia, military) Any of thechevrons denotingrank.
  27. (slang) Aprostitute.
    Synonym:hooker
    • 1983, G. W. Levi Kamel,Downtown Street Hustlers, page160:
      I was talkin' to a couple of the 'hooks' (female prostitutes) I know.
  28. (UK, slang, obsolete) Apickpocket.
    • 1885, Michael Davitt,Leaves from a Prison Diary, page18:
      He preceded me to Dartmoor, where I found his fame even more loudly trumpeted than ever, especially by Manchester “hooks” (pickpockets), who boast of being the rivals of the “Cocks,” or Londoners, in the art of obtaining other people's property without paying for it.
    • 2003, David W. Maurer,Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern, page58:
      "Everybody's a tool over there. Everybody's ahook, except them four guys on the points of the compass. They are eight or ten strong over there." But all professional pickpockets, however expert or however clumsy, operate on the basis of the situation just outlined.
  29. (surfing)Synonym ofshoulder(“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
    • 1963, Grant W. Kuhns,On Surfing, page67:
      This maneuver involves a sharp turn, back into thehook of the wave.
  30. (nautical, chiefly historical) Aknee-shapedwoodenjoin connecting thekeel to thestem (post forming the frontmost part of thebow) or thesternpost incog-likevessels or similar vessels.
    Hyponym:heel knee

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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rod bent into a curved shape
fishhook—seefishhook
agricultural implement
part of a hinge
loop shaped like a hook under certain letters
catchy musical phrase
attention-getting opening statement
tie-in to a current event or trend
removal or expulsion
type of cricket shot
baseball: curveball
software feature
golf shot that curves unintentionally
basketball shot that goes overhead
type of boxing punch
playing cards, slang: jack
typography: a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark:ỏ
typography: háček—seeháček
Scrabble: instance of adding a letter perpendicularly to the start or the end of a word to form a new word
bowling: ball that is rolled in a curved line
bridge, slang: finesse
snare, trap
field sown two years in succession
hook bones
geography: narrow cape turned landward at the outer end
knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem or the sternpost
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Verb

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hook (third-person singular simple presenthooks,present participlehooking,simple past and past participlehooked)

  1. (transitive) Toattach a hook to.
    Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
  2. (intransitive) To becomeattached, as by a hook.
    The utensil holderhooks onto the side of the dishrack.
  3. (transitive) Tocatch with a hook(hook a fish).
    Hehooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
  4. (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; tocrochet.
    • 1917, L M Montgomery,Anne's House of Dreams:
      No one seems to want anything buthooked mats now.
  5. (transitive) Toinsert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
    Hehooked his fingers through his belt loops.
  6. (transitive) Toensnare orobligate someone, as if with a hook.
    She's only here to try tohook a husband.
    A free trial is a good way tohook customers.
  7. (UK, US, slang, archaic) Tosteal.
  8. (transitive) Toconnect (hook into,hook together).
    If youhook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
  9. (usually passive voice) To makeaddicted; tocaptivate.
    He had gottenhooked on cigarettes in his youth.
    I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'mhooked.
  10. To acquire as a spouse.
    • 1990 February 4, Vanessa Nemeth, Stephanie Poggi, “Bumps And All”, inGay Community News, volume17, number29, page12:
      People talk about so and so getting married and they always comment about the class or potential class status of the person this woman had "hooked." You know, "He comes from a working class background but he's studying to be a lawyer and she's going to be all set."
  11. (cricket, golf, basketball) To play ahook shot.
    • 2012, Roland Johnson,Jeremya Jones: A King's Kid, page93:
      "Hey, Sara! Watch this hook shot!" he shouted as hehooked the ball right through the net—swish!
  12. (rugby) To succeed inheeling the ball back out of ascrum (used particularly of the team's designatedhooker).
  13. (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
    The opposing team's forwardhooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
  14. (soccer, bowling) Toswerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so itswerves orbends.
    • 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, inBBC‎[7]:
      The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchmanhooked wide from six yards.
  15. (intransitive, slang) To engage inprostitution.
    I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girlshooking from my bedroom window.
  16. (Scrabble) To play a wordperpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  17. (bridge, slang) Tofinesse.
  18. (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; togore.
  19. (intransitive) Tobend; to becurved.
    • 2020, Roman Martin,Azores: The finest coastal and mountain walks, page229:
      10 mins later, at the point where the roadhooks sharp to the left, continue straight on through the wood along a mule track[…]
  20. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to attach a hook to
(intransitive) to become attached, as by a hook
to catch with a hook
to insert in a curved way
to ensnare someone
to steal—seesteal
to connect
to make addicted
golf, cricket: to play a hook shot
hockey: to engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking
soccer: to swerve a ball
slang: to engage in prostitution
Scrabble: to add a single letter perpendicularly to the existing word
bridge slang: to finesse
to seize or pierce with the points of the horns
to move or go with a sudden turn

References

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  1. ^Walker, John (1791), “Hook”, inA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ,London: G. G. J. andJ. Robinſon […] and T.Cadell,→OCLC,page281, column 3 of 3.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Influenced byEnglishhook.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hook (pluralhook-hook)

  1. (colloquial)alternative form ofhuk(“land orbuilding at thecorner”)
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