hooker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
    Joseph Hooker; Fighting Joe Hooker.
  2. noun English theologian (1554-1600)
    Richard Hooker.
  3. noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
    floozy; streetwalker; floozie; slattern; street girl; hustler.
  4. noun a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
  5. noun (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot

WordNet

Hook"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, hooks.
  2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Webster 1913