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Examples of hooks
hooks
Once the baits landed, the predators pounced again, this time getting the hooks.
From the kentucky.com
The river has been warming up and quite a bit of moss has started to foul hooks.
From the sacbee.com
There were jumpers and cuts to the basket, jump hooks and flights above the rim.
From the chron.com
We could have used more hooks, hangers and racks to dry wet socks and rain gear.
From the kansas.com
Once apps exist in the cloud, will it be easier to create hooks in between them?
From the techcrunch.com
Nursed back to health by the unsuspecting Charles, she hooks up again with Leon.
From the theatlantic.com
Raps, with their repetitive hooks, are increasingly used for 30-second timeouts.
From the nytimes.com
Activists say elephants are trained harshly and poked with metal rods and hooks.
From the independent.co.uk
As for Benyus, she hopes our future will be held together with detachable hooks.
From the nytimes.com
- 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. ...
