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  1. hook noun uk / hʊk / us Add to word list B2 [ C ] a curved piece of metal or plastic used for hanging something on, or a similar object used for catching fish:

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    a curved device used for catching or holding things, especially one attached to a surface for hanging things on: a coat / picture hook a boat hook a fish hook

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    hook (ho͝ok) n. 1. a. A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.

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    hook 1 of 2 noun ˈhu̇k Synonyms of hook 1 a : a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling

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    noun a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.

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    [hʊk]
    noun
    hook (noun) · hooks (plural noun) · fish hook (noun) · fish hooks (plural noun) · fishhook (noun) · fishhooks (plural noun)
    1. a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on:
      "a picture hook"
      • a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish.
      • a cradle on which a phone receiver rests.
    2. a thing designed to catch people's attention:
      "companies are looking for a sales hook"
      • a catchy chorus or repeated instrumental passage in a piece of popular music:
        "strong, funky vocals with a hook that gets into your head"
    3. a curved cutting instrument, especially as used for reaping or shearing.
    4. a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent and rigid, especially in boxing:
      "a perfectly timed right hook to the chin"
      • cricket
        a stroke made to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height.
      • golf
        a 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.
    5. a curved stroke in handwriting.
      • music
        an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver or other note.
    6. a curved promontory or sand spit.
    verb
    hook (verb) · hooks (third person present) · hooked (past tense) · hooked (past participle) · hooking (present participle)
    1. attach or fasten with a hook or hooks:
      "the truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate" · "inside the pack you'll find a small metal clip that hooks over the edge of your sun visor"
      Opposite:
      unhitch
      • bend into the shape of a hook so as to fasten around or to an object:
        "he hooked his thumbs in his belt" · "she hooked a thread around her crochet hook" · "her legs hooked around mine"
    2. catch with a hook:
      "he hooked a 24 lb pike"
      Opposite:
      release
    3. informal
      attract and hold the attention of; captivate:
      "I was hooked by John's radical zeal"
    4. cricket
      hit (the ball) round to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height; hit a ball delivered by (the bowler) with such a stroke.
      • golf
        strike (the ball) so that it deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently.
      • boxing
        punch one's opponent with the elbow bent and rigid:
        "McKenzie switched his attack downstairs, hooking to the ribs"
      • hockey
        use one's stick to restrain (an opponent), for which a penalty may be assessed:
        "the defenceman hooked him from behind"
    5. rugby
      secure (the ball) and pass it backwards with the foot in the scrum.
    Origin
    Old English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle, projecting piece of land’, also to German Haken ‘hook’.
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