hook
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5.5
- noun
- /hʊk/
- Specialized
:
tiro de gancho
- During the game, he executed a flawless hook shot to score points over his defender.
- a hook shot
- jump hook
- shoot a hook
Examples
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Also, his hook shot had been right on the money so far.
Blog text (10) -
I scored a hook shot, Mr. President.
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I shoot a few lay-ups, a short hook, and hit my first few medium-range jumpers.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jordan's bottom-of-the-net hook shot swishes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Henriquez's hook shot, a new facet of his post game, was a weapon, falling reliably from both hands.
Blog text (12) -
The coach praised her for making a difficult hook shot from the corner of the key.
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With just seconds left on the clock, he made a desperate hook shot that won the match.
Synonyms
3
3.6
A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.6
A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket
1
3.2
A needle with a small hook at one end used to pull yarn through loops to make fabric
- Specialized
A device on a plane that catches a wire on a carrier deck to stop the plane quickly during landing
- Specialized
A tool with a hooked end for turning round nuts or bolt heads without flat sides
A tool with a long handle and a curved blade used to cut small tree branches and shrubs
- Archaic
A small hand tool with a curved blade and short handle for cutting wheat and grass
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hook in basketball is named for the curved motion of the arm and ball, like a hook's bend, so a hook shot uses that sweeping, arcing movement.