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• 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

• 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 — /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 — [[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 — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōc; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian kengė hook Date: before 12th century 1. a. a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling b. something intended to attract… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hook — 1. An instrument curved or bent near its tip, used for fixation of a part or traction. 2. hamulus. [A.S. hok] calvarial h. an instrument used in prying off the top of the skull after it has been sawed around, at autopsies and dissections. h. of… …   Medical dictionary

• hook grip — a functional posture of the hand, as that usually assumed when grasping handles or straps or suspending or pulling upon an object: the fingers are flexed toward the palm, to a degree depending on the size of the grasped object. (A), Hook grip;… …   Medical dictionary

• setting the hook — pulling up on a fishing rod to drive the hook home in a biting fish. Fish may easily recognise an artificial fly as not being food and spit it out or may be wary of baits …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Illinois Tractor Pulling Association — The Illinois Tractor Pulling Association is a motorsports governing body that sanctions truck and tractor pulling events throughout the midwest.Infobox sport governing body title = Illinois Tractor Pulling Association image border = size =… …   Wikipedia

• Fish hook — Fishhook redirects here. For other uses, see Fishhook (disambiguation). Anatomy of a fish hook A fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks have been… …   Wikipedia

• Crochet hook — The hook A crochet hook (or crochet needle) is a type of needle with a hook at one end used to draw thread through knotted loops. Only one crochet hook is needed to make crochet stitches. The crochet hook s earliest use appears to have been in… …   Wikipedia