hook

hook

H0269900 (ho͝ok)n.1. a. A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.b. A fishhook.2. Something shaped like a hook, especially:a. A curved or barbed plant or animal part.b. A short angled or curved line on a letter.c. A sickle.3. a. A sharp bend or curve, as in a river.b. A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.4. A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.5. Slang a. A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement: a sales hook.b. Music A catchy motif or refrain: "sugary hard rock melodies [and] ear candy hooks" (Boston Globe).6. Sports a. A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm.b. 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.c. A stroke that sends a ball on such a course.d. A ball propelled on such a course.e. In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave.7. Baseball A curve ball.8. Basketball A hook shot.v. hooked, hook·ing, hooks v.tr.1. a. To catch, suspend, or connect with a hook.b. Informal To snare.c. Slang To steal; snatch.2. To fasten by a hook.3. To pierce or gore with a hook.4. Slang a. To take strong hold of; captivate: a novel that hooked me on the very first page.b. To cause to become addicted.5. To make (a rug) by looping yarn through canvas with a type of hook.6. Sports a. To hit with a hook in boxing.b. To hit (a golf ball) in a hook.7. Baseball To pitch (a ball) with a curve.8. Basketball To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.9. Sports 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.v.intr.1. To bend like a hook.2. To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.3. Slang To work as a prostitute.Phrasal Verb: hook up1. To assemble or wire (a mechanism).2. To connect a mechanism and a source of power.3. Slang a. To meet or associate: We agreed to hook up after class. He hooked up with the wrong crowd.b. To become sexually involved with someone, especially casually.c. To marry or get married.Idioms: by hook or by crook By whatever means possible, fair or unfair. get the hook Slang To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated. hook, line, and sinker Informal Without reservation; completely: swallowed the excuse hook, line, and sinker. off the hook Informal Freed, as from blame or a vexatious obligation: let me off the hook with a mild reprimand. on (one's) own hook By one's own efforts.

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[Middle English hok, from Old English hōc; see keg- in Indo-European roots.]

hook

(hʊk) n1. (Tools) a piece of material, usually metal, curved or bent and used to suspend, catch, hold, or pull something2. (Angling) short for fish-hook3. a trap or snare4. chiefly US something that attracts or is intended to be an attraction5. something resembling a hook in design or use6. (Geological Science) a. a sharp bend or angle in a geological formation, esp a riverb. a sharply curved spit of land7. (Boxing) boxing a short swinging blow delivered from the side with the elbow bent8. (Cricket) cricket a shot in which the ball is hit square on the leg side with the bat held horizontally9. (Golf) golf a shot that causes the ball to swerve sharply from right to left10. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) surfing the top of a breaking wave11. (Hockey (Field & Ice)) ice hockey Also called: hookcheck the act of hooking an opposing player12. (Music, other) music a stroke added to the stem of a written or printed note to indicate time values shorter than a crotchet13. (Pop Music) a catchy musical phrase in a pop song14. (Tools) another name for a sickle15. (Nautical Terms) a nautical word for anchor16. by hook or crook by hook or by crook by any means17. get the hook slang US and Canadian to be dismissed from employment18. hook, line, and sinker informal completely: he fell for it hook, line, and sinker. 19. off the hook a. slang out of danger; free from obligation or guiltb. (of a telephone receiver) not on the support, so that incoming calls cannot be received20. on one's own hook slang chiefly US on one's own initiative21. on the hook slang a. waitingb. in a dangerous or difficult situation22. sling one's hook slang Brit to leavevb23. (often foll by up) to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a hook or hooks24. (Angling) (tr) to catch (something, such as a fish) on a hook25. to curve like or into the shape of a hook26. (Zoology) (tr) (of bulls, elks, etc) to catch or gore with the horns27. (Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to make (a rug) by hooking yarn through a stiff fabric backing with a special instrument28. (Agriculture) (often foll by: down) to cut (grass or herbage) with a sickle: to hook down weeds. 29. (Boxing) boxing to hit (an opponent) with a hook30. (Hockey (Field & Ice)) ice hockey to impede (an opposing player) by catching hold of him with the stick31. (Golf) golf to play (a ball) with a hook32. (Rugby) rugby to obtain and pass (the ball) backwards from a scrum to a member of one's team, using the feet33. (Cricket) cricket to play (a ball) with a hook34. (tr) informal to trick35. (tr) a slang word for steal36. hook it slang to run or go quickly away[Old English hōc; related to Middle Dutch hōk, Old Norse haki] ˈhookless adj ˈhookˌlike adj

hook

(hʊk)
n. 1. a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something. 2. a fishhook. 3. anything that catches; snare; trap. 4. something that attracts attention or entices: a sales hook. 5. something, as a mark or symbol, having a sharp curve, bend, or angle at one end. 6. a sharp curve or angle in the length or course of anything. 7. a curved spit of land. 8. a recurved and pointed organ or appendage of an animal or plant. 9. a small curved catch inserted into a loop to form a clothes fastener. 10. a buttonhook. 11. a. the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck. b. a ball describing such a path. 12. (in boxing) a short circular punch delivered with the elbow bent. 13. hooks, Slang. hands or fingers. v.t. 14. to seize, fasten, or catch hold of with or as if with a hook. 15. to catch (fish) with a fishhook. 16. Slang. to steal or seize by stealth. 17. Informal. to catch or trick by artifice; snare. 18. (of a bull or other horned animal) to catch on the horns or attack with the horns. 19. to make (a rug, cushion, etc.) by drawing loops of yarn through cloth with or as if with a hook. 20. to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results. 21. to make hook-shaped; crook. v.i. 22. to become attached or fastened by or as if by a hook. 23. to curve or bend like a hook. 24. (of a ball) to describe a hook in course. 25. hook up, a. to fasten with a hook or hooks. b. to assemble or connect, as components of a machine. c. to connect to a central source, as of power or water. d. Informal. to join or become associated with. Idioms: 1. by hook or (by) crook, by any means whatsoever. 2. get (or give) the hook,Informal. to receive (or subject to) a dismissal. 3. hook, line, and sinker, Informal. entirely; completely. 4. off the hook, a. released from some difficulty or obligation. b. (of a telephone receiver) not resting on the cradle. 5. on one's own hook, independently. [before 900; Middle English hoke, Old English hōc, c. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch hōk hook, angle; akin to Old High German hāko hook, Old Norse haki]

hook

Past participle: hooked
Gerund: hooking

Imperative
hook
hook

Present
I hook
you hook
he/she/it hooks
we hook
you hook
they hook

Preterite
I hooked
you hooked
he/she/it hooked
we hooked
you hooked
they hooked

Present Continuous
I am hooking
you are hooking
he/she/it is hooking
we are hooking
you are hooking
they are hooking

Present Perfect
I have hooked
you have hooked
he/she/it has hooked
we have hooked
you have hooked
they have hooked

Past Continuous
I was hooking
you were hooking
he/she/it was hooking
we were hooking
you were hooking
they were hooking

Past Perfect
I had hooked
you had hooked
he/she/it had hooked
we had hooked
you had hooked
they had hooked

Future
I will hook
you will hook
he/she/it will hook
we will hook
you will hook
they will hook

Future Perfect
I will have hooked
you will have hooked
he/she/it will have hooked
we will have hooked
you will have hooked
they will have hooked

Future Continuous
I will be hooking
you will be hooking
he/she/it will be hooking
we will be hooking
you will be hooking
they will be hooking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hooking
you have been hooking
he/she/it has been hooking
we have been hooking
you have been hooking
they have been hooking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hooking
you will have been hooking
he/she/it will have been hooking
we will have been hooking
you will have been hooking
they will have been hooking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hooking
you had been hooking
he/she/it had been hooking
we had been hooking
you had been hooking
they had been hooking

Conditional
I would hook
you would hook
he/she/it would hook
we would hook
you would hook
they would hook

Past Conditional
I would have hooked
you would have hooked
he/she/it would have hooked
we would have hooked
you would have hooked
they would have hooked

hook

1. Bent-arm punch thrown from the side at close range.2. A badly executed drive where in the ball curls to the left (in a right handed shot) or to the right (in a left-handed shot).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hook - a catch for locking a door catch - a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
	2.	hook - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hookcrotchetcurve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changesuncus - (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
	3.	hook - anything that serves as an enticementbait, come-on, lure, sweetenerenticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
	4.	hook - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull somethingclawanchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from movingclothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger - a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments ongrapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron, grappler - a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a ropemechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principlespothook - an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a firetenterhook - one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
	5.	hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling somethingbarb - a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to removeboat hook - pole-handled hook used to pull or push boatsbuttonhook - a hook for pulling a button through a buttonholecrotchet - a small tool or hooklike implementcup hook - hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cupsfishhook - a sharp barbed hook for catching fishgaff - an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fishgig - a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not bitingimplement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an endmeat hook - a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hungskyhook - a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
	6.	hook - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"hooking, drawgolf shot, golf stroke, swing - the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
	7.	hook - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bentbiff, punch, lick, clout, poke, slug - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"roundhouse - a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
	8.	hook - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the baskethook shotbasketball shot - throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out"
Verb	1.	hook - fasten with a hookfasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"hook up - connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"unhook - take off a hook
	2.	hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable pricefleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, pluckextort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	3.	hook - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"crochethandicraft - a craft that requires skillful handscrochet - create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"loop, intertwine - make a loop in; "loop a rope"
	4.	hook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the leftgolf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holeshit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
	5.	hook - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"cop, glom, snitch, thieve, knock offsteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
	6.	hook - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, sneak, pinch, liftsteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
	7.	hook - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs - fighting with the fistshit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	8.	hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"seize - hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"grab, take hold of, catch - take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
	9.	hook - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)addictaccustom, habituate - make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
	10.	hook - secure with the foot; "hook the ball"rugby, rugby football, rugger - a form of football played with an oval ballplay - shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night"
	11.	hook - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"snareaccost, solicit, hook - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
	12.	hook - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"accost, solicitsnare, hook - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"

hook

noun1. fastener, catch, link, lock, holder, peg, clasp, hasp One of his jackets hung from a hook.2. punch, hit, blow, smack, thump a big left hookverb1. fasten, fix, secure, catch, clasp, hasp one of those can openers you hook onto the wall2. curl, curve, crook, loop, angle I hooked my left arm over the side of the dinghy.3. catch, land, trap, entrap Whenever one of us hooked a fish, we moved on.by hook or by crook by any means, somehow, somehow or other, someway, by fair means or foul They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.hook something or someone up connect (up), link (up), fix (up) technicians who hook up computer systems and networkshook up with someone get together with, meet (up) with, join forces with, unite with He had just hooked up with Amelia.hook, line, and sinker (Informal) completely, totally, entirely, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, through and through, lock, stock and barrel We fell for it hook, line, and sinker.off the hook (Informal) let off, cleared, acquitted, vindicated, in the clear, exonerated, under no obligation, allowed to walk (slang, chiefly U.S.) Officials accused of bribery always seem to get off the hook.

hook

nounA device for fastening or for checking motion:catch, clasp, fastener.verbSlang. To take (another's property) without permission:filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.Informal: lift, swipe.Slang: cop, heist, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.Idiom: make off with.

Translations

勾拳打曲线球挂钩用钓钩钓肘弯击

hook

(huk) noun1. a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc. a fish-hook. 鉤 钩2. a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it. Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes. 掛鉤 挂钩3. in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent. a left hook. (拳擊)鉤拳 肘弯击，勾拳 verb1. to catch (a fish etc) with a hook. He hooked a large salmon. 釣(魚) 用钓钩钓（鱼） 2. to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks. He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back? 鉤上 钩紧3. in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed). (高爾夫球)擊偏 使（球）向左弯 hooked adjective1. curved like a hook. a hooked nose. 鉤狀的 钩状的2. (with on) slang for very interested in, or showing a great liking for; addicted to. He's hooked on modern art; He's hooked on marijuana. (俚語)入迷的，上癮的 入了迷的by hook or by crook by some means or another; in any way possible. I'll get her to marry me, by hook or by crook. 不擇手段地 不择手段地off the hook free from some difficulty or problem. If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it – I don't see how we can get him off the hook now. 擺脫麻煩或問題 摆脱困境

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