hook

Definitions of hook in various dictionaries:

noun - a catch for locking a door

noun - a sharp curve or crook

noun - anything that serves as an enticement

noun - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

noun - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

noun - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

noun - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

noun - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

verb - fasten with a hook

verb - rip off

verb - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

verb - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

verb - take by theft

verb - make off with belongings of others

verb - hit with a hook

verb - catch with a hook

verb - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

verb - secure with the foot

verb - entice and trap

verb - approach with an offer of sexual favors

A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.

A fishhook.

A curved or barbed plant or animal part.

A short angled or curved line on a letter.

A sickle.

A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.

A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.

A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.

Slang.

A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement: a sales hook.

A catchy motif or refrain: “sugary hard rock melodies [and] ear candy hooks” (Boston Globe).

Sports.

A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.

A golf stroke that sends the ball to the left of a right-handed player or to the right of a left-handed player.

In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.

A curve ball.

A hook shot.

To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook.

To snare.

Slang.

To fasten by or as if by a hook.

To pierce or gore with or as if with a hook.

Slang.

To take strong hold of; captivate: a novel that hooked me on the very first page.

To cause to become addicted.

To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook.

Sports.

To hit with a hook in boxing.

To hit (a golf ball) in a hook.

To pitch (a ball) with a curve.

To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.

To bend like a hook.

To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.

To work as a prostitute.

To assemble or wire (a mechanism).

To connect a mechanism and a source of power.

To form a tie or connection: hooked up with the wrong crowd.

verb - to catch with a hook (a bent piece of metal)

HOOK - A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved or indented, such that it can be used to...