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• hook — hook1 hookless, adj. hooklike, adj. /hook/, n. 1. a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something. 2. a fishhook. 3. anything that catches; snare; trap. 4. something that attracts …   Universalium

• hook — [[t]hʊk[/t]] n. 1) a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something 2) a fishhook 3) anything that catches; snare; trap 4) cvb something that attracts attention or entices: a sales …   From formal English to slang

• hook — /hʊk / (say hook) noun 1. a curved or angular piece of metal or other firm substance catching, pulling, or sustaining something. 2. a fishhook. 3. that which catches; a snare; a trap. 4. something curved or bent like a hook, as a mark or symbol,… …  

• hook — {{11}}hook (n.) O.E. hoc hook, angle, perhaps related to O.E. haca bolt, from P.Gmc. *hokaz/*hakan (Cf. O.Fris. hok, M.Du. hoek, Du. haak, Ger. Haken hook ), from PIE *keg hook, tooth (Cf. Rus. kogot claw ). For spelling, se …   Etymology dictionary

• hook — [hook] n. [ME < OE hoc, akin to HAKE, MDu hoec, ON hakr < IE base * keg , peg for hanging] 1. a curved or bent piece of metal, wood, etc. used to catch, hold, or pull something; specif., a) a curved piece of wire or bone with a barbed end,… …   English World dictionary

• bend — [n] curve angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvation, curvature, deflection, deviation, flection, flexure, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag; concept 436 Ant. line bend [v1] form or cause a curve… …   New thesaurus

• hook — ► NOUN 1) a piece of curved metal or other material for catching hold of things or hanging things on. 2) a thing designed to catch people s attention. 3) a catchy passage in a song. 4) a curved cutting instrument. 5) a short swinging punch made… …   English terms dictionary

• Hook — Hook, v. i. 1. To bend; to curve as a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov. Eng.], to make off; to clear out; often with it. Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hook — 1) a bent piece of wire with its tip sharpened and often a barb below the tip, used to catch fish. Available in many sizes and styles, variously numbered and named. May be single, double or treble but all these are counted as one hook in angling… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• hook — hook1 S3 [huk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hanging things)¦ 2¦(catching fish)¦ 3 let/get somebody off the hook 4 leave/take the phone off the hook 5 be ringing off the hook 6¦(interest)¦ 7 by hook or by crook 8¦(hitting somebody)¦ 9 h …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hook — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR HANGING THINGS ON a curved piece of metal or plastic that you use for hanging things on: Put your coat on the hook. 2 FOR CATCHING FISH a curved piece of thin metal with a sharp point for catching fish: a fish hook 3 by hook or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English