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hook::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bait, come-on, lure, sweetener |
| Type of | temptation, enticement |
hook::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | draw, hooking |
| Type of | swing, golf shot, golf stroke |
he took lessons to cure his hooking.
hook::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crotchet |
| Type of | curve, curved shape |
| Has types | uncus |
hook::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | claw |
| Type of | mechanical device |
| Has types | anchor, ground tackle, pothook, tenterhook |
hook::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crochet |
| Type of | intertwine, loop |
| Verb group | crochet |
hook::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hook shot |
| Type of | basketball shot |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | catch |
hook::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hit |
| Derivation | hooker, hooking |
Examples of hook
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The key to is managing your line to prevent slack, and to allow solid hook sets.
From the thenewstribune.com
The bad news is we ultimately hae to pay for this some way, by hook or by crook.
From the stltoday.com
Anglers routinely pull up 10 little fish at a time on their multiple-hook lines.
From the online.wsj.com
It wasn't long before he was greeted with a jolting strike, and he set the hook.
From the kansas.com
Behind the bar, liquor bottles sit on shelves that look like hook-necked gourds.
From the chron.com
The Warriors will hook their cart to a stable of huge linemen who are returning.
From the stltoday.com
That way they get all the senior players who started this nonsense off the hook.
From the nzherald.co.nz
From a company's point of view, the earlier you hook your customers, the better.
From the economist.com
We hook up for dinner and he insists we should return to Phillip Island in 2011.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Fasten with a hook
- A catch for locking a door
- A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- Overcharge: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- Bait: anything that serves as an enticement
- Crochet: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
- A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material that contains a portion that is curved or indented, so that this portion can be used to hold another object. In a number of uses, one end of the hook is pointed, so that this end can pierce another material, which is then held by the curved or indented portion.
- Sir William Jackson Hooker, FRS (6 July 1785 - 12 August 1865) was an English systematic botanist and organiser. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ...
- A hook in ten-pin bowling is a ball that rolls in a curving pattern (versus straight.) The purpose of the hook is to give the ball a better angle at the 1-3 pocket (right-handers) or 1-2 pocket (left-handers.) When a ball is rolled straight, hitting the pocket must be precise. ...
