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hook, line, and sinker
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.
[Middle English hok, from Old English hōc; see keg- in Indo-European roots.]hook, line, and sinkerCompletely and utterly; often used when someone has been deceived; from the idea of a fish swallowing an angler’s hook then pulling the rest of the tackle under the water.hook, line, and sinker
hook, line, and sinkerCompletely and unquestioningly. The moment I met my wife, I fell for her hook, line, and sinker. I told them that I like this stupid school, and they fell for it hook, line, and sinker—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.See also: and, sinkerhook, line, and sinker.Fig. totally. She fell for our story hook, line, and sinker. They believed every word hook, line, and sinker.See also: and, sinkerhook, line, and sinkerWithout reservation, completely, as in He swallowed our excuse hook, line, and sinker. This expression, first recorded in 1865, alludes to a fish swallowing not only the baited hook but the leaden sinker and the entire fishing line between them. See also: and, sinkerhook, line, and sinker You use hook, line, and sinker to mean that someone does something to a great degree. I was completely against nationalization. I resisted it hook, line and sinker and became quite unpopular in the process. He has a tendency to get drawn into things hook, line and sinker. Note: When fish are caught, they sometimes swallow part of the fishing line and the `sinker' or weight, as well as the hook. See also: and, sinkerhook, line, and sinker used to emphasize that someone has been completely tricked or deceived. informal This phrase is a fishing metaphor: all three are items attached to a fishing rod and likely to be gulped down by a greedy fish. The phrase has been in use since the mid 19th century. 1996 Colin Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men Patricia wouldn't know what had hit her. She'd fall for me hook, line and sinker once I'd reminded her what we were all about. See also: and, sinkerhook, line and ˈsinker if you accept something hook, line and sinker, you accept it completely, either because you have been deceived or because you believe things too easily: Are you telling me that you swallowed his absurd lies hook, line and sinker?All three words in this expression are items used for catching a fish.See also: and, line, sinkerhook, line, and sinker mod. totally. They believed every word hook, line, and sinker. See also: and, sinker hook, line, and sinker Informal Without reservation; completely: swallowed the excuse hook, line, and sinker.See also: and, sinkerhook, line, and sinkerCompletely, totally, all of it. The expression is often phrased as to swallow [something] hook, line, and sinker, alluding to the gullibility of a fish that takes in bait so completely that it swallows the fishing hook, line, and sinker as well. The term originated in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. In the late 1980s Len Deighton used it in the titles of a series of three espionage novels involving complicated deceit, Spy Hook, Spy Line, and Spy Sinker. See also lock, stock, and barrel.See also: and, sinkerSee hook
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