hooked Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb fasten with a hook
   hook.
   
2. verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
   fleece; soak; plume; pluck; hook; overcharge; rob; gazump; surcharge.
   
3. verb make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
   hook; crochet.
   
   • She sat there crocheting all day
4. verb hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
   hook.
   
5. verb take by theft
   cop; knock off; glom; thieve; hook; snitch.
   
   • Someone snitched my wallet!
6. verb make off with belongings of others
   pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
   
7. verb hit with a hook
   hook.
   
   • His opponent hooked him badly
8. verb catch with a hook
   hook.
   
   • hook a fish
9. verb to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
   hook; addict.
   
10. verb secure with the foot
    hook.
    
    • hook the ball
11. verb entice and trap
    hook; snare.
    
    • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
12. verb approach with an offer of sexual favors
    hook; solicit; accost.
    
    • he was solicited by a prostitute
    • The young man was caught soliciting in the park
13. adjective satellite curved down like an eagle's beak
    aquiline.
    
14. adjective satellite addicted to a drug
    dependent; drug-addicted; dependant; strung-out.
    
15. adjective satellite having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold);
    hooklike.
    
    • hooklike thorns

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