hook

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ho͝ok, IPA(key): /hʊk/ (sometimes in Northern England and Ireland, otherwise obsolete) enPR: ho͞ok IPA(key): /huːk/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /hʉk/ Rhymes: -ʊk === Noun === hook (plural hooks) A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook. The curved needle used in the art of crochet. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely. A snare; a trap. An advantageous hold. (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity. (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession. This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play. (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention. (bridge, slang) A finesse. (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card). A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.). (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey. (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song. (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor. (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour. Synonym: endpoint (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word. (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ. (typography, rare) A háček. 2004, Keesing’s Record of World Events L:i–xii, page unknown In detailing the proposed shortening of the Czech Republic to Česko…the hook (hacek) erroneously appeared over the letter “e” instead of the “C”. Senses relating to sports. (baseball) A curveball. (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot. (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line. (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.) The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball. (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank. (slang) A prostitute. Synonym: hooker (UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket. (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”). (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels. Hyponym: heel knee ==== Hyponyms ==== grappling hook ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN. === Verb === hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked) (transitive) To attach a hook to. (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook. (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish). (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet. (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook. (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook. (UK, US, slang, archaic) To steal. (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together). (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate. To acquire as a spouse. (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot. (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker). (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends. (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word. (bridge, slang) To finesse. (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. (intransitive) To bend; to be curved. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Khoo, OHKO == Indonesian == === Etymology === Influenced by English hook. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhuk/ [ˈhʊk̚] Rhymes: -uk === Noun === hook (plural hook-hook) (colloquial) alternative form of huk (“land or building at the corner”)