hook

/huk/
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hook

A basketball player makes a hook shot over a defender.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A curved or bent implement for catching, holding, or pulling: A device, typically made of metal, with a curved end used for suspending objects or catching fish.
    • A sharp curve or bend in something: A shape or path that resembles the curve of a hook.
    • A type of punch or shot in sports: In boxing, a short swinging punch delivered from the side; in basketball, a shot made over the head with the hand farther from the basket; in golf, a shot that curves sharply to the left for a right-handed player.
    • Something that attracts or entices: Anything that serves as a lure or temptation.

  2. Verb:

    • To catch, fasten, or attach with a hook: To connect or secure something using a hook.
    • To curve or bend into the shape of a hook: To form a sharp curve.
    • To hit or throw with a curving motion: In sports, to impart a spin or curve to a ball.
    • To attract and capture interest: To entice or trap someone, often cleverly.
    • To make dependent: To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a drug.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • He hung his coat on the hook behind the door.
    • The river makes a sharp hook to the north.
    • The boxer knocked out his opponent with a powerful left hook.
    • The promise of easy money was the hook that drew them into the scheme.

  • Verb:

    • Please hook the trailer to the car.
    • The road hooks around the lake.
    • The golfer hooked the ball into the rough.
    • The advertisement was designed to hook new customers.
    • The drug hooked him after just a few uses.
Advanced Usage

  • "by hook or by crook": By any means necessary, fair or unfair.

    • He was determined to win the contract by hook or by crook.

  • "hook, line, and sinker": Completely and unquestioningly (often used for believing a lie).

    • He fell for the story hook, line, and sinker.

  • "off the hook": Freed from an obligation or difficulty; also, (of a telephone receiver) not on its cradle.

    • The evidence was weak, so the suspect was let off the hook.
    • The phone was off the hook, so no calls could get through.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hooker (n): A player in rugby who hooks the ball; (slang) a prostitute.
  • Hooked (adj): Curved like a hook; (informal) addicted or very enthusiastic about something.
    • He has a hooked nose.
    • She's hooked on that new TV series.
  • Fishhook (n): A hook used for catching fish.
  • Hookshot (n): The basketball shot described.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Clasp, catch, curve, bend, lure, enticement.
  • Verb: Catch, fasten, attach, curve, bend, ensnare, addict.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Hook up: To connect or link; (informal) to meet or begin a relationship.

    • Can you hook up the printer to my computer?
    • They hooked up at a conference last year.

  • Hook into: To connect to or become involved with.

    • The new software hooks into the existing database.

  • Hook onto: To attach oneself to or become interested in.

    • The child hooked onto his mother's leg.
Related Idioms

  • Get one's hooks into someone: To gain control or influence over someone.

    • Once the loan shark gets his hooks into you, it's hard to escape.

  • On the hook for something: Responsible for something, especially a debt.

    • If the business fails, you'll be on the hook for the loan.
hook

A basketball player makes a hook shot over a defender.

Noun
  1. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
  2. a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
  3. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
    • he took lessons to cure his hooking
  4. a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
  5. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
  6. anything that serves as an enticement
  7. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
  8. a catch for locking a door
Verb
  1. approach with an offer of sexual favors
    • he was solicited by a prostitute
    • The young man was caught soliciting in the park
  2. entice and trap
    • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
  3. secure with the foot
    • hook the ball
  4. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
  5. catch with a hook
    • hook a fish
  6. hit with a hook
    • His opponent hooked him badly
  7. make off with belongings of others
  8. take by theft
    • Someone snitched my wallet!
  9. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
  10. make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
    • She sat there crocheting all day
  11. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  12. fasten with a hook

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