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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.) kabliukas2) (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.) kablys, kabliukas3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) trumpas šoninis smūgis2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) pagauti2) (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?) prikabinti, susegti3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) atmušti (kamuoliuką) į kairę/dešinę•- hooked- by hook or by crook
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