Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hOc; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian kenge hook
Pronunciation : huk
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. curved piece of metal or other material by which things are hung or attached; fishhook; curve, angle, sharp bend; short punch (Boxing). secure, fasten, hang, attach; bend; capture; ensnare, addict; catch a fish; be caught; be attached; pull loops of yarn through cloth with a hook; steal (Slang); punch with the elbow bent (Boxing). a hook, used in load of songs, is an aspect of popular or commercial music that "grabs " people and makes it easy to like like or remember the song. For example, the riff from "Son of a Preacher Man " used in Cypress Hill's "Hits from the Bong " [1993] is an example of a hook: "Check out the hook while I drop crazy rhymes " -- ??? (???). hook\hook\, v. i. to move or go with a sudden turn; hence [slang or prov. eng.], to make off; to clear out; -- often with it. "duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it."hook \hook\ , n. [oe. hok, as. hōc; cf. d. haak, g. hake, haken, ohg. hāko, hāgo, hāggo, icel. haki, sw. hake, dan. hage. cf. arquebuse, hagbut, hake, hatch a half door, heckle.].
2. a piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
3. that part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
4. an implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook. like slashing bentley with his desperate hook.
5. (steam engin.) see:
eccentric, and v-hook.
6. a snare; a trap. [r.].
7. a field sown two years in succession. [prov. eng.].
8. pl. the projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
9. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
10. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
11. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
12. See Eccentric, and V-hook.
13. A snare; a trap.
14. A field sown two years in succession.
15. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; called also hook bones.
16. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
17. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
18. To steal.
19. To bend; to curve as a hook.
20. A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.
21. To move or go with a sudden turn; to make off; to clear out; often with it. a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking" a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something a catch for locking a door a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" secure with the foot; "hook the ball" catch with a hook; "hook a fish" hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly" hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!".
22. 1. A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up. One of his jackets hung from a hook. curtain hooks.
23. If you hook one thing to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there. Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety. one of those can openers that hooked onto the wall.
24. If you hook your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it. She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree.
25. If you hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line. At the first cast I hooked a huge fish.
26. A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match. Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
27. If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles Eager to hook into a career but can't find one right for you?.
28. If you hook into the Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it. an interactive media tent where people will be able to hook into the internet. Hook up means the same as hook. a UK firm that lets Britons hook up to the Internet.
29. If someone gets off the hook or is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. His opponents have no intention of letting him off the hook until he agrees to leave office immediately.
30. If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring.
31. If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook.
32. by hook or by crook: see:
crook hook, line, and sinker: see:
sinker.
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