• Noun

    a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
    a fishhook.
    anything that catches; snare; trap.
    something that attracts attention or serves as an enticement
    The product is good but we need a sales hook to get people to buy it.
    something having a sharp curve, bend, or angle at one end, as a mark or symbol.
    a sharp curve or angle in the length or course of anything.
    a curved arm of land jutting into the water; a curved peninsula
    Sandy Hook.
    a recurved and pointed organ or appendage of an animal or plant.
    a small curved catch inserted into a loop to form a clothes fastener.
    Sports .
    the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck.
    a ball describing such a path.
    Boxing . a short, circular punch delivered with the elbow bent.
    Music .
    Also called pennant. a stroke or line attached to the stem of eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.
    an appealing melodic phrase, orchestral ornament, refrain, etc., often important to a popular song's commercial success.
    Metalworking . an accidental short bend formed in a piece of bar stock during rolling.
    hooks, Slang . hands or fingers
    Get your hooks off that cake!
    Underworld Slang . a pickpocket.
    Also called deck hook. Nautical . a triangular plate or knee that binds together the stringers and plating at each end of a vessel.

    Verb (used with object)

    to seize, fasten, suspend from, pierce, or catch hold of and draw with or as if with a hook.
    to catch (fish) with a fishhook.
    Slang . to steal or seize by stealth.
    Informal . to catch or trick by artifice; snare.
    (of a bull or other horned animal) to catch on the horns or attack with the horns.
    to catch hold of and draw (loops of yarn) through cloth with or as if with a hook.
    to make (a rug, garment, etc.) in this fashion.
    Sports . to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results.
    Boxing . to deliver a hook with
    The champion hooked a right to his opponent's jaw.
    Rugby . to push (a ball) backward with the foot in scrummage from the front line.
    to make hook-shaped; crook.

    Verb (used without object)

    to become attached or fastened by or as if by a hook.
    to curve or bend like a hook.
    Sports .
    (of a player) to hook the ball.
    (of a ball) to describe a hook in course.
    Slang . to depart hastily
    We'd better hook for home.

    Verb phrase

    hook up,
    to fasten with a hook or hooks.
    to assemble or connect, as the components of a machine
    to hook up a stereo system.
    to connect to a central source, as of power or water
    The house hasn't been hooked up to the city's water system yet.
    Informal . to join or become associated with
    He never had a decent job until he hooked up with this company.

    Idioms

    by hook or by crook, by any means, whether just or unjust, legal or illegal. Also
    by hook or crook.
    get or give the hook
    Informal . to receive or subject to a dismissal
    The rumor is that he got the hook.
    hook it
    Slang . to run away; depart; flee
    He hooked it when he saw the truant officer.
    hook, line, and sinker
    Informal . entirely; completely
    He fell for the storyhook, line, and sinker.
    off the hook
    out of trouble; released from some difficulty
    This time there was no one around to get him off the hook.
    free of obligation
    His brother paid all his bills and got him off the hook.
    on one's own hook
    Informal . on one's own initiative or responsibility; independently.
    on the hook
    Slang .
    obliged; committed; involved
    He's already on the hook for
    subjected to a delaying tactic; waiting
    We've had him on the hook for two weeks now.

    Antonyms

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