hook (h k)n. 1. a. A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else. b. A fishhook. 2. Something shaped like a hook, especially: a. A curved or barbed plant or animal part. b. A short angled or curved line on a letter. c. A sickle. 3. a. A sharp bend or curve, as in a river. b. A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end. 4. A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap. 5. Slang a. A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement: a sales hook. b. Music A catchy motif or refrain: "sugary hard rock melodies [and] ear candy hooks" (Boston Globe). 6. Sports a. A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm. b. The course of a ball that curves in a direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player. c. A stroke that sends a ball on such a course. d. A ball propelled on such a course. e. In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave. 7. Baseball A curve ball. 8. Basketball A hook shot. v. hooked, hook·ing, hooks v.tr. 1. a. To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook. b. Informal To snare. c. Slang To steal; snatch. See Synonyms at steal. 2. To fasten by or as if by a hook. 3. To pierce or gore with or as if with a hook. 4. Slang a. To take strong hold of; captivate: a novel that hooked me on the very first page. b. To cause to become addicted. 5. To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook. 6. Sports a. To hit with a hook in boxing. b. To hit (a golf ball) in a hook. 7. Baseball To pitch (a ball) with a curve. 8. Basketball To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot. 9. Sports To impede the progress of (an opponent in ice hockey) by holding or restraining the player with one's stick, in violation of the rules. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To bend like a hook. 2. To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye. 3. Slang To work as a prostitute. hook up Idioms: 1. To assemble or wire (a mechanism). 2. To connect a mechanism and a source of power. 3. Slang a. To meet or associate: We agreed to hook up after class. He hooked up with the wrong crowd. b. To become romantically or sexually involved with someone. c. To marry or get married. by hook or by crook By whatever means possible, fair or unfair. get the hook Slang To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated. hook, line, and sinker Informal Without reservation; completely: swallowed the excuse hook, line, and sinker. off the hook Informal Freed, as from blame or a vexatious obligation: let me off the hook with a mild reprimand. on (one's) own hook By one's own efforts. [Middle English hok, from Old English h  c; see keg- in Indo-European roots.] |
hook
Noun
1. a curved piece of metal or plastic used to hang, hold, or pull something
2. something resembling a hook, such as a sharp bend in a river or a sharply curved strip of land
3. Boxing a short swinging blow with the elbow bent
4. Cricket, golf a shot that causes the ball to go to the player's left
5. by hook or by crook by any means: get into the charts by hook or by crook
6. hook, line, and sinker Informal completely: we fell for it hook, line, and sinker
7. let someone off the hook Slang to free someone from an obligation or a difficult situation
8. sling one's hook Brit & Austral slang to leave
Verb
1. to fasten with or as if with a hook
2. to catch (a fish) on a hook
3. Cricket, golf to play (a ball) with a hook
4. Rugby to obtain and pass (the ball) backwards from a scrum, using the feet [Old English hōc]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  hook - a catch for locking a door catch - a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window |
| 2. | hook - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes uncus - (biology) any hook-shaped process or part | |
| 3. |  hook - anything that serves as an enticemententicement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | |
| 4. | hook - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something anchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger - a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron, grappler - a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles pothook - an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire tenterhook - one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter | |
| 5. | hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something barb - a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove boat hook - pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats buttonhook - a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole crotchet - a small tool or hooklike implement cup hook - hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups fishhook - a sharp barbed hook for catching fish gaff - an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish gig - a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end meat hook - a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung skyhook - a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky | |
| 6. | hook - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" golf shot, golf stroke, swing - the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it | |
| 7. | hook - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent biff, punch, lick, clout, poke, slug - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" roundhouse - a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing | |
| 8. |  hook - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basketbasketball shot - throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out" | |
| Verb | 1. | hook - fasten with a hook fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" hook up - connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system" unhook - take off a hook |
| 2. | hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price | |
| 3. | hook - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands crochet - create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread" loop, intertwine - make a loop in; "loop a rope" | |
| 4. | hook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" | |
| 5. | hook - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | |
| 6. | hook - make off with belongings of others steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | |
| 7. | hook - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly" hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" | |
| 8. | hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish" seize - hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish" grab, take hold of, catch - take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" | |
| 9. | hook - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | |
| 10. | hook - secure with the foot; "hook the ball" play - shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night" | |
| 11. | hook - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" | |
| 12. |  hook - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" |
hook
verb 3. catch, land, trap, entrap by hook or by crook by any means, somehow, somehow or other, someway, by fair means or foul hook, line, and sinker (Informal) completely, totally, entirely, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, through and through, lock, stock and barrel off the hook (Informal) let off, cleared, acquitted, vindicated, in the clear, exonerated, under no obligation, allowed to walk (slang), chiefly U.S.
Translations
hook [huk] n → gancho;
(for fishing) → anzuelo
vt → enganchar;
to be hooked on (col) → estar enganchado a
hook up vt (RADIO, TV) → transmitir en cadena
hook [huk] n → crochet m;
(on dress) → agrafe f;
(for fishing) → hameçon m
off the hook (Tel) → décroché;
hook and eye → agrafe;
hook [huk] n → Haken m
vt → festhaken;
to be hooked on (inf) (film, exhibition, etc) → fasziniert sein von;
hook up hook vt (Radio, TV etc) → anschließen
hook [huk] n → gancio;
(for fishing) → amo
vt → uncinare [+ dress]; agganciare;
hooks and eyes → gancetti;
by hook or by crook → in un modo o nell'altro
hook up vt (RADIO, TV etc) → allacciare, collegare
n hook [huk]
1 a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc a fish-hook. hoek صِنّارة صَيْد кука háček krog; -krog der Angelhaken αγκίστρι anzuelo konks قلاب koukku hameçon חַכָּה अंकुश udica horog kail krókur, öngull amo つり針 (갈)고리 kabliukas āķis cangkuk vishaak krok haczyk anzol cârlig крючок hák trnek udica krok ตะขอ çengel, kanca 鉤 крючок, гачок قلابہ، کانٹا lưỡi câu 钩
2 a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes. haak, hakie كُلاّب، مِشْبَك кука věšáček, háček knage; hægte der Haken γάντζος gancho konks, nagi جالباسی koukku, hakanen crochet, agrafe וָו खुंटी kvaka, kucica; kukica i ušica, muška i ženska kopca (hooks and eyes) kampó gantungan krókur, snagi gancio かけかぎ 걸이, 호크 kablys, kabliukas āķis cangkuk haak knagg, krok hak, haczyk gancho cârlig, copcă крючок háčik kavelj; zapenec vešalica krok, hängare, hake ตะขอ kanca 掛鉤 гачок کپڑے وغیرہ لٹکانے کا قلابہ cái móc; cái mắc 挂钩
3 in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent a left hook. haakhou لَكْمَه къс удар със свит лакът hák hook der Haken πλάγιο χτύπημα (στην πάλη) gancho haak ضربه koukku crochet מַכַּת וָו घूंसा kroše horog(ütés) pukulan hook sveifluhögg gancio フック (권투) 훅 trumpas šoninis smūgis (boksā) āķis tumbukan sauk hoek hook sierpowy soco croşeu хук hák ločnik kroše krok[] ตะขอ kroşe 肘彎擊 боковий удар зігнутою рукою مکے بازی میں ایک قسم کا گھونسا cú đấm móc 肘弯击
v
1 to catch (a fish etc) with a hook He hooked a large salmon. haak يَصْطاد السَّمَك хващам chytat na háček få på krogen; fange angeln πιάνω με αγκίστρι pescar õngitsema با قلاب گرفتن pyydystää prendre לַדוּג בְּחַכָּה काटे से पकड़ना loviti udicom kifog mengail krækja, húkka prendere (all'amo) 釣る (낚싯바늘로) 낚다 pagauti noķert (uz āķa zivi) mengail vangen få på kroken, fange złapać na wędkę fisgar a prinde ловить на крючок chytať na háčik uloviti na trnek upecati na udicu fånga, kroka, få på kroken เกี่ยว oltayla yakalamak/tutmak 用釣釣(魚) піймати на гачок کانٹے سے مچھلی پکڑنا bắt (cái gì) bằng móc 用钓钩钓（鱼）
2 to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back? aanhaak يُثَبِّت закачам (се) zaháknout (se); zapnout hægte; hænge (fest-, zu)haken στηρίζω, θηλυκώνω, κουμπώνω enganchar kinni haakima با قلاب بستن kiinnittää accrocher לִרכוֹס गेंद मारने की एक विधि zakvaciti, prcvrstit felakaszt mengaitkan krækja í, festa saman agganciare かぎで留める 채우다; 후크로 채워지다 prikabinti, susegti aizāķēt; saāķēt mencangkukkan vasthaken, aanhaken, aan elkaar haken hekte, henge (på/opp) zahaczyć, zaczepiać enganchar a (se) prinde; a încheia зацеплять; застёгивать(ся) zahákovať; zapnúť na háčik obesiti na kavelj, zapeti zakačiti kroka fast, häkta ihop, knäppa เกี่ยว kopçasını takmak, çengellemek 鉤緊 причіпляти; застібати قلابے سے جڑ دینا mắc, móc vào 钩紧
3 in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed). haakhou/hothou slaan يَضْرِب الطابة في الغولف نحو الشِمال كثيرا удрям (топката) косо/наляво odpálený stranou skrue den Ball mit einem Hook spielen χτυπώ σε λάθος κατεύθυνση (στο γκολφ) a la izquierda golpe con efecto huuki lööma زياد به طرف چپ زدن lyödä hukki coup tiré מַכַּת מַגָל गेंद मारने की एक विधि do kraja, na mjesto messze elüt memukul draga, krækja, húkka tiro a uncino フックさせる (사용하는 팔과 반대방향으로) 커브가 되도록 치다 atmušti (kamuoliuką) į kairę/dešinę pukulan lengkung misslag in golfspel gi ballen skru (til høyre eller venstre) podbić piłkę w lewo desvio a lovi cu efect закрутить (удар) odpáliť loptičku stranou poslati kroglo daleč v levo udariti loptu isuviše levo u golfu slå en hook, hooka ไม้กอล์ฟ eğri vurmak (球)擊偏 нанести удар збоку گولف میں گیند کو ہھف سے دائیں جانب پہنچانا móc quả bóng 使（球）向左弯
adj hooked
1 curved like a hook a hooked nose. haakvormig مَعْقوف крив zahnutý kroget Haken-... γαμψός ganchudo konks-, kongus خميده koukku- crochu נִשרִי अंकुशाकार kukast, svinut görbe melengkung boginn adunco かぎ状の 갈고리 모양의 kumpas, lenktas āķveida-; līks bengkok hoekig bøyd, krum, kroket haczykowaty adunco coroiat крючковатый zahnutý kljukast kukast krokig, krökt ซึ่งเหมือนตะขอ kıvrık, eğri 鉤狀的 кривий, гачкуватий قلابے کی طرح مڑا ہوا có hình móc câu 钩状的
2 (withon) slang for very interested in, or showing a great liking for; addicted to He's hooked on modern art; He's hooked on marijuana. mal wees oor مُتَعَلِّق ، مُهتَم جدا في пристрастен posedlý vild med; hooked på wild sein auf παθιασμένος, εθισμένος (λαϊκ.) colgado (millestki) sisse võetud مردۀ چیزی lumoissa, koukkuun jäänyt accroché מָכוּר ל- अंकुश वाला (biti) zaluden, obožavatelj necega rabja vminek, odavan vmiért keranjingan með dellu, með (e-ð) á heilanum, háður e-u fanatico; drogato ～にふけった 중독의, 열중한 pamišęs dėl, įjunkęs ķerts (uz kaut ko) ketagih hangen aan, verslaafd zijn aan iets of iemand hekta på, vill etter mieć bzika na punkcie viciado obsedat de; dependent de помешанный на; пристрастившийся к posadnutý zasvojen navučen vara tänd på (tokig i), vara slav under ซึ่งติดยา düşkün, tiryaki 入了迷的 помішаний на чому کسی چیز کی لت لگنا đam mê 入了迷的
by hook or by crook
by some means or another; in any way possible I'll get her to marry me, by hook or by crook. buig of bars بأيَّة وسيلَه، مَهْما كَلَّف الأمْر по един или друг начин za každou cenu på den ene eller anden måde so oder so με οποιοδήποτε μέσο lo que cueste cueste õigusega või valskusega به هر طریقی keinolla millä hyvänsä coûte que coûte בְּכל הַדרָכִים וְהָאֶמצָעִים किसी तरह से na neki nacin, milom ili silom mindenáron dengan suatu cara með öllum tiltækum ráðum (con le buone con le cattive o) なんとしてでも 어떻게 하든지간에 bet kokiomis priemonėmis lai lūst vai plīst apa jua cara sekalipun verslaafd aan iets of iemand på den ene eller den andre måten za wszelką cenę custe o que custar indiferent cum всеми правдами и неправдами za každú cenu zlepa ali zgrda na ovaj ili onaj način på ett eller annat sätt ทุกวิถีทาง şöyle ya da böyle, ne yapıp edip 不擇手段地 усіма правдами й неправдами کسی بھی حالت میں حاصل کرنا bằng đủ mọi cách 不择手段地
off the hook
free from some difficulty or problem If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it – I don't see how we can get him off the hook now. uit die verknorsing kom يُحَرِّرُ من المُشكِلَه او من الإهتياج излизам от затруднение z bryndy (få) af krogen; slippe af med aus Schwierigkeiten heraus... ξεμπλέκω, ξελασπώνω libre de problemas pigist välja خلاص؛ آسوده kiikistä tiré d'affaire לְהִשתַחרֵר riješen problema kimászik vmiből terlepas dari kesulitan losa úr klípu (fuori dai guai) 窮地を脱して 곤경［의무］에서 벗어나 laisvas [] no ķezas membebaskan diri daripada masalah uit de problemen, uit de puree (helpen) (redde) ut av en knipe wolny od kłopotu livre de problemas din necaz избавленный от неприятностей z kaše iz godlje osloboditi ur knipan kurtulma, ferahlama 擺脫困境 позбавлений від неприємностей کسی مشکل سے نجات دلانا hết gặp trở ngại 摆脱困境
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