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- nounhook (noun) · hooks (plural noun) · fish hook (noun) · fish hooks (plural noun) · fishhook (noun) · fishhooks (plural noun)
- a thing designed to catch people's attention:"companies are looking for a sales hook"
- a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent, especially in boxing:"a perfectly timed right hook to the chin"
- golfa stroke that makes the ball deviate in flight in the direction of the follow-through (from right to left for a right-handed player), typically inadvertently. Compare with slice
- a curved stroke in handwriting.
- musican added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for an eighth note or other note.
- a curved promontory or sand spit.
verbhook (verb) · hooks (third person present) · hooked (past tense) · hooked (past participle) · hooking (present participle)- informalattract and hold the attention of; captivate:"I was hooked by John's radical zeal"
- golfstrike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently.
- boxingpunch one's opponent with the elbow bent:"McKenzie switched his attack downstairs, hooking to the ribs"
- hockeyuse one's stick to restrain (an opponent), for which a penalty may be assessed:"the defenseman hooked him from behind"
- rugbypush (the ball) backward with the foot from the front line in a scrum.
OriginOld English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle, projecting piece of land’, also to German Haken ‘hook’. - People also ask
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