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English Definitions
hook
N
a catch for locking a door
hook
N
a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
hook
N
anything that serves as an enticement
hook
N
a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
hook
N
a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
hook
N
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
hook
N
a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
hook
N
a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
hook
V
fasten with a hook
hook
V
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
hook
V
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
hook
V
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
hook
V
make off with belongings of others
hook
V
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
hook
V
secure with the foot
hook
V
approach with an offer of sexual favors
hook and eye
N
a kind of fastener used on clothing
hook line and sinker
in every detail
N
a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam
N
a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
N
a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head
hook up
V
connect or link
hook up with
V
take in marriage
N
a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head
shaped in the form of a hook
N
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
N
English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
N
(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced
hooked
curved down like an eagle's beak
hooked
addicted to a drug
hooked
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
N
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
Hooker
N
English theologian (1554-1600)
hooker
N
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
hooker
N
a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
hooker
N
(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
N
green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge
N
a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
N
a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
hooking
N
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
N
a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge
N
large strong hand (as of a fighter)
hookup
N
a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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