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hooker

(hʊkəʳ)
Word forms: plural hookers
countable noun
A hooker is a prostitute.
[mainly US, informal]

hooker in British English 1

(ˈhʊkə)
noun
1. 
a commercial fishing boat using hooks and lines instead of nets
2. 
a sailing boat of the west of Ireland formerly used for cargo and now for pleasure sailing and racing
Word origin
C17: from Dutch hoeker

hooker in British English 2

(ˈhʊkə)
noun
1. 
a person or thing that hooks
2.  US and Canadian slang
a. 
a draught of alcoholic drink, esp of spirits
b. 
a prostitute
3.  rugby
the central forward in the front row of a scrum whose main job is to hook the ball

Hooker in British English

(ˈhʊkə)
noun
1. 
John Lee. 1917–2001, US blues singer and guitarist
2. 
Sir Joseph Dalton. 1817–1911, British botanist; director of Kew Gardens (1865–85)
3. 
Richard. 1554–1600, British theologian, who influenced Anglican theology with The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593–97)
4. 
Sir William Jackson. 1785–1865, British botanist; first director of Kew Gardens: father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Hooker in American English

(ˈhʊkər)
1. 
Joseph1814-79; Union general in the Civil War
2. 
Richard1554-1600; Eng. clergyman & writer
3. 
Thomas1586?-1647; Eng. Puritan clergyman, in America after 1633

hooker in American English 1

(ˈhʊkər)
noun
1. 
one that hooks
2.  US, Slang
an undiluted drink of whiskey
3.  US, Slang
a prostitute
Word origin
(sense 3) orig., a resident of Corlear's Hook, area in New York City whose brothels were frequented by sailors

hooker in American English 2

(ˈhʊkər)
noun
1. 
an Irish or English fishing smack with one mast
2. 
any clumsy, old ship
Word origin
Du hoeker < MDu hoeck-boot, lit., hook boat: see hook

Examples of 'hooker' in a sentence
hooker

Not when the two hookers, past and present, have become so closely interlinked.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Not when the two hookers, past and present, have become so closely interlinked.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The former hookers traded insults about the scrums.
The Sun (2013)
So how does one squeeze an extra pint of cash out of these two gaming hookers?
The Sun (2009)
That would have left England with just two available hookers for the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The two hookers at Twickenham this afternoon have claims to be the best in the world in their position.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
England must also decide whether they can afford to go into the Fiji match with just two available hookers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Australia have two superb hookers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The Saracens hooker was substituted after a blow to the head and reacted to abuse from behind the dugout with the gesture.
The Sun (2010)
Where the gamble could really backfire is if one of his two hookers suffers an injury within 72 hours of a game.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
England could not go into the Fiji game with just two available hookers, in case one of them was injured during the week.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The young Irishman is not only made to appear the villain in a betting scam, but is also photographed in compromising circumstances with two hookers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

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