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A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.
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A fishhook.
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Something shaped like a hook, especially.
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A curved or barbed plant or animal part.
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A short angled or curved line on a letter.
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A sickle.
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A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.
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A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.
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A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.
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A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement.
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A catchy motif or refrain.
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A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.
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The course of a ball that curves in a direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.
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A stroke that sends a ball on such a course.
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A ball propelled on such a course.
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In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.
noun.
A curve ball.
noun.
A hook shot.
intransitive verb.
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intransitive verb.
To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook.
intransitive verb.
To snare.
intransitive verb.
To steal; snatch.
intransitive verb.
To fasten by a hook.
intransitive verb.
To pierce or gore with a hook.
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To take strong hold of; captivate.
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To cause to become addicted.
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To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook.
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To hit with a hook in boxing.
intransitive verb.
To hit (a golf ball) in a hook.
intransitive verb.
To pitch (a ball) with a curve.
intransitive verb.
To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.
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To impede the progress of (an opponent in ice hockey) by holding or restraining the player with one's stick, in violation of the rules.
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To bend like a hook.
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To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.
intransitive verb.
To work as a prostitute.
phrasal verb.
To assemble or wire (a mechanism).
phrasal verb.
To connect a mechanism and a source of power.
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phrasal verb.
To meet or associate.
phrasal verb.
To become sexually involved with someone, especially casually.
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To marry or get married.
idiom.
(by hook or by crook) By whatever means possible, fair or unfair.
idiom.
(get the hook) To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated.
idiom.
(hook, line, and sinker) Without reservation; completely.