1. [vulgar] A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
   "The police patrolled areas known to be frequented by hookers";
   - streetwalker, street girl, hustler
    
2. A golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
   "As a hooker, he struggled with shots that veered too far left on the course"
    
3. (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
   "The team's hooker played a crucial role in winning possession during scrums"

1. United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
   - Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker
    
2. English theologian (1554-1600)
   - Richard Hooker

Derived forms: hookers

Type of: athlete, cyprian [archaic, informal], full general, general, golf player, golfer, jock [N. Amer, informal], prostitute [informal], prozzie [slang], theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer, trull [archaic], wench [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Hooker, Ohio