hook Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a catch for locking a door
  2. noun a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
    crotchet.
  3. noun anything that serves as an enticement
    come-on; lure; bait; sweetener.
  4. noun a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
    claw.
  5. noun a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
  6. noun a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
    draw; hooking.
    • he took lessons to cure his hooking
  7. noun a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
  8. noun a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
    hook shot.
  9. verb fasten with a hook
  10. verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
    fleece; soak; plume; pluck; overcharge; rob; gazump; surcharge.
  11. verb make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
    crochet.
    • She sat there crocheting all day
  12. verb hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
  13. verb take by theft
    cop; knock off; glom; thieve; snitch.
    • Someone snitched my wallet!
  14. verb make off with belongings of others
    pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
  15. verb hit with a hook
    • His opponent hooked him badly
  16. verb catch with a hook
    • hook a fish
  17. verb to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
    addict.
  18. verb secure with the foot
    • hook the ball
  19. verb entice and trap
    snare.
    • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
  20. verb approach with an offer of sexual favors
    solicit; accost.
    • he was solicited by a prostitute
    • The young man was caught soliciting in the park

WordNet

Hook noun
Etymology
OE. hok, AS. hoc; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. hako, hago, haggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake, Hatch a half door, Heckle.
Definitions
  1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
  2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
    Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. Pope.
  4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
  5. A snare; a trap. R. Shak.
  6. A field sown two years in succession. Prov. Eng.
  7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
Hook transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hooked ; present participle & verbal noun Hooking
Definitions
  1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
    Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. W. Collins.
  2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  3. To steal. Colloq. Eng. & U.S.
Hook intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To bend; to curve as a hook.

Webster 1913