hook : Idioms & Phrases

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arrester hook

  • noun a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier
    arrester.
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bench hook

  • noun any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing)
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Bid hook

  • a small boat hook.
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Boat hook

  • noun pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats
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  • (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. Totten.
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Boot hook

  • a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
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Button hook

  • a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.
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By hook or by crook

  • adverb in any way necessary
    by any means.
    • I'll pass this course by hook or by crook
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  • in some way or other; by fair means or foul.
  • one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or crook." Spenser.
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can hook

Can" hook`
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  1. A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
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cant hook

  • noun a peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs
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Cant" hook`
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  1. A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. U. S. Bartlett.
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Cat hook

  • (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.
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Chain hook

  • (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck.
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Check hook

  • a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped.
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Chimney hook

  • a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire,
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Clove hook

  • (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; called also clip hook.
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crochet hook

  • noun a needle with a hook on the end; used in crocheting
    crochet needle.
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Crochet hook, Crochet needle

  • a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.
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cup hook

  • noun hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups
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Deck hook

  • a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
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dog hook

  • noun a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
    peavy; peavey; cant dog.
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Draught hook

  • (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage, used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
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Eccentric hook ∨ gab

  • a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap.
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fire hook

  • noun fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
    poker; stove poker; salamander.
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Fly hook

  • a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly.
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Forelock hook

  • (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight.
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Gate hook

  • the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
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Gorge hook

  • two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.
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grappling hook

  • noun a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
    grapnel; grappling iron; grapple; grappler.
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Grub hook

  • a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc.
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Hook and eye

  • noun a kind of fastener used on clothing
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  • one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
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Hook bill

  • (Zoöl.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
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Hook ladder

  • a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
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hook line and sinker

  • adverb in every detail
    • he believed her story hook, line, and sinker
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Hook motion

  • (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks.
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hook of holland

  • noun a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam
    Hoek van Holland.
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hook on

  • verb adopt
    fasten on; take up; seize on; latch on.
    • take up new ideas
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hook shot

  • noun a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
    hook.
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hook spanner

  • noun a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head
    hook spanner.
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Hook squid

  • any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis.
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hook up

  • verb connect or link
    • hook up the houses to the gas supply line
    • Hook up the components of the new sound system
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hook up with

  • verb take in marriage
    get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; espouse.
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Hook wrench

  • noun a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head
    hook spanner.
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  • a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
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hook-billed

Hook"-billed` adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) Having a strongly curved bill.
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hook-nosed

  • adjective satellite having an aquiline nose
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Hook"-nosed` adjective
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  1. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.
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hook-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a hook
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Junk hook

  • (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck.
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kranging hook

Krang"ing hook`
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  1. (Whaling) A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. Written also cranging hook.
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meat hook

  • noun a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung
    meat hook.
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meat hooks

  • noun large strong hand (as of a fighter)
    hooks; maulers.
    • wait till I get my hooks on him
  • noun a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung
    meat hook.
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Mousing hook

  • a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.
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off the hook

  • adjective satellite freed from danger or blame or obligation
    • I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand
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Off the hooks

  • unhinged; disturbed; disordered. Colloq. "In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river." Pepys. = out of joint
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On one's own hook

  • on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. Colloq. U.S. Bartlett.
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on the hook

  • adjective satellite caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
    • there I was back on the hook
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pruning hook

  • noun a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
    lopper; pruner.
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Pruning hook, ∨ Pruning knife

  • cutting instrument used in pruning trees, etc.
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reap hook

  • noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
    sickle; reap hook.
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Reaping hook

  • noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
    sickle; reap hook.
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  • an instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.
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Sail hook

  • a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square.
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Shave hook

  • a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.
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Side hook

  • (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench.
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Sister hooks

  • a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; called also match hook.
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Spring hook

  • (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.
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Swamp hook

  • a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook.
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Swivel hook

  • a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle.
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Tenter-hook

  • a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter.
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To be on the tenters, ∨ on the tenter-hooks

  • to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.
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To go off the hooks

  • to die. Colloq. Thackeray.
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To hook on

  • to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
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v hook

V" hook`
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  1. (Steam Engine) A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
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Warping hook

  • a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.
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Wed hook

  • a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for removing the wad from a gun.
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Weed hook

  • a hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds.
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Weeding hook

  • . Same as Weed hook, under 3d Weed.
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Welsh glaive, ∨ Welsh hook

  • a weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. Fairholt. Craig.
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