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[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) cârlig2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) cârlig, copcă3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) croşeu2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) a prinde2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) a (se) prinde; a încheia3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) a lovi cu efect•- hooked- by hook or by crook
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The hooks — fingers; hands … Dictionary of Australian slang
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To go off the hooks — Hook Hook (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. {Arquebuse}, {Hagbut}, {Hake}, {Hatch} a half door, {Heckle}.] 1. A piece of metal, or other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drop off the hooks — phrasal or slip off the hooks Brit : die … Useful english dictionary
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slip off the hooks — phrasal see drop off the hooks … Useful english dictionary
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