hooks
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Definition
- Noun:
- Large, strong hands: "Hooks" can refer to large, powerful hands, especially those of a fighter or someone with a strong grip. This usage often implies the hands are used for grabbing or holding forcefully.
Usage
- The word "hooks" in this sense is informal and often used in a figurative or threatening context to emphasize physical strength or the intent to seize something or someone.
- It is typically used in the plural form ("hooks") and not as a singular ("hook") when referring to hands in this manner.
Examples
- (This refers to the boxer's hands being prepared, emphasizing their role as tools for fighting.)
- (This is a figurative, threatening statement meaning "Wait until I can grab/seize him with my strong hands.")
Advanced Usage
- "To get one's hooks into/on someone/something": This is an idiomatic expression meaning to gain control over someone or something, often in a possessive, manipulative, or predatory way. It extends from the literal idea of grabbing with hooks.
- That company is trying to get its hooks into the new market.
- She finally got her hooks on that rare book she wanted.
Variants and Related Words
- Hook (noun): A curved piece of metal or other material for catching, holding, or pulling things. This is the standard, more common meaning.
- He hung his coat on the hook.
- Hook (verb): To catch, attach, or secure with a hook.
- He managed to hook a large fish.
Synonyms
- Fists: (when referring to clenched hands for hitting).
- Paws: (informal, sometimes humorous for large hands).
- Grasp: (the act of holding, can be used figuratively like "get into one's grasp").
Related Phrases/Idioms
- 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, without reservation (often used for believing a lie).
- He fell for the story hook, line, and sinker.
- Off the hook: Freed from an obligation or difficulty.
- The evidence let him off the hook for the crime.
Note: The primary definition provided for "hooks" as "large strong hand (as of a fighter)" is a specific, informal usage. The more frequent and general meanings are related to the singular form "hook" as a curved implement for catching or hanging.
Noun
- large strong hand (as of a fighter)
- wait till I get my hooks on him