1. A bent or curved piece of metal or other material, used for hanging things from or pulling something with
   "put your coat on the hook"
    
2. A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
   "They used a hook to lift the heavy crate";
   - claw
    
3. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
   "The coat hanger had a hook at the top";
   - crotchet
    
4. A catch for locking a door
   "She secured the door with the hook before going to bed"
    
5. Anything that serves as an enticement
   "Free shipping was the hook that attracted customers";
   - bait, come-on [informal], lure, sweetener
    
6. A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
   "he took lessons to cure his hook";
   - draw, hooking
    
7. A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
   "The boxer caught his opponent with a vicious hook to the ribs"
    
8. A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
   "The centre's hook shot was nearly impossible to block";
   - hook shot

1. Fasten with a hook
   "She hooked the curtains onto the rod"
    
2. Catch with a hook
   "hook a fish"
    
3. (golf) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
   "The left-handed golfer hooked the ball into the rough"
    
4. (boxing) hit with a hook
   "His opponent hooked him badly"
    
5. [informal] Entice and trap
   "The car salesman had hooked three potential customers";
   - snare
    
6. [informal] Take by theft
   "He was going to hook the phone someone had left behind";
   - snitch [informal], thieve, cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], boost [N. Amer, informal], pilfer, cabbage [archaic, informal], purloin [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], abstract [informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], sneak [informal], filch [informal], nobble [Brit, informal], lift [informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], whip [Brit, informal], blag [Brit, informal]
    
7. Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
   "She sat there hooking all day";
   - crochet
    
8. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
   "He became hooked on painkillers";
   - addict
    
9. (rugby) secure with the foot
   "hook the ball"

Sounds like: holy, wholly, hohook, H

Derived forms: hooking, hooked, hooks

See also: hook up

Type of: accustom, basketball shot, biff [informal], catch, clout, curve, curved shape, dong [Austral, NZ, informal], entice, enticement, fasten, fix, golf shot, golf stroke, grab, habituate, hit, implement, intertwine, lick, loop, lure, mechanical device, play, poke, punch, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], secure, shot, slug, steal, swing, tempt, temptation

Antonym: unhook

Part of: clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron, hanger

Encyclopedia: Hook, New Zealand