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to hook

to hook

20 7.9
To make someone become addicted to a drug or habit
  • verb
  • /hʊk/
  • NSFW
: enganchar
  • So you got hooked on opioids and that is a very tough addiction to beat.
  • get hooked
  • become hooked

They find it when they get that, that cocaine hook, when they get hooked, they find it.

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Examples

  • Beginning with engagement, many students are hooked into social media and see it as an integral part of their lives.

    Academic text (2015)

  • And then, you know, it's just that I got hooked on them where I had to have them every day.

    Academic text (2006)

  • You see, that is what happens when people get hooked on the New Age life.

    Serendipity (2001)

  • I was hooked on pills, you know.

    Bubba Ho-tep (2002)

  • By the time I figured it out, she was hooked on heroin?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I just started the program with my seventh graders yesterday, and they are hooked!

    Academic text (2014)

  • He'd been immediately hooked by the lively and often rough urban games.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • That was purposely getting people hooked on these opioids, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people.

    Club Random Podcast

  • After just a few tries, he found himself hooked on the new video game.

  • Many people become hooked on nicotine after trying cigarettes for the first time.

Synonyms

to addict
vsto hook
  • NSFW
11 6.7

To make someone depend on a drug or activity

focuses on causing another person to become dependent rather than oneself

Antonyms

to detox
  • Specialized
9 5.5

To stop using drugs or alcohol while receiving medical help

Idioms

off the hook
  • Informal
117 5.9

No longer in trouble or responsible for something

off the hook
  • Slang
28 8.2

Very exciting and impressive

on the hook
  • Informal
25 7.7

Responsible for paying or doing something, often unwillingly

by hook or by crook
  • Informal
2 8.1

Using any way to get something done no matter what it takes

to take your hook
  • Archaic
9.9

Leave a place quickly because you are not welcome

to sling one's hook
  • Archaic
9.9

To leave quickly because people do not want you there

Phrasal Verbs

to hook up
  • NSFW
283 8.7

To meet someone for a brief romantic or sexual encounter

to hook up
130 3.7

To connect devices so they work together

to let off the hook
  • Informal
52 4.1

To free someone from blame or punishment

to hook it to the mainframe
  • Specialized
7.4

To connect a device to a main computer so it can send and receive data

Compounds

grappling hook
9 5.7

A set of hooks on a rope used to catch and hold things like a wall or ship

meat hook
8 4.8

A strong pointed hook for hanging dead animals in a butcher shop

hook-nosed
3 8.0

A person with a long curved nose like a bird's beak

hook shot
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket

catchy hook
1 3.2

A short easy to remember musical phrase that repeats in a song

crochet hook
1 3.2

A needle with a small hook at one end used to pull yarn through loops to make fabric

hook and eye
1 3.6

A small metal piece with a hook that fits into a loop to hold clothes closed

pruning hook
1 7.2

A tool with a long handle and a curved blade used to cut small tree branches and shrubs

cant hook
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A long handle with a metal hook used to move and turn logs

boat hook
1 3.9

A long pole with a hook used to push, pull, or catch things near boats

cup hook
1 3.5

A small metal hook that you screw under a shelf to hang cups by the handles

catchy hook
1 3.5

An opening line or idea that quickly gets people's attention

reaping hook
  • Archaic
1 8.3

A small hand tool with a curved blade and short handle for cutting wheat and grass

fire hook
1 7.7

A metal rod with a handle used to move burning logs or stir hot embers

bench hook
1 8.8

A wooden block attached to a bench that holds wood steady while you cut or shape it

bolus hook
  • Specialized
9.9

A small part in a Jacquard loom that lifts warp threads to make patterns

dog hook
  • US
9.9

A strong metal bar with a sharp point that you use to move logs

ear hook earring
6.3

An earring that fits over the edge of the ear without needing a piercing

arrester hook
  • Specialized
9.9

A device on a plane that catches a wire on a carrier deck to stop the plane quickly during landing

Hook of Holland
6.1

A cape and town on the southwest coast of the Netherlands that has a ferry port

hook spanner
  • UK
7.6

A tool with a hooked end that turns round nuts with notches

hook wrench
  • Specialized
6.4

A tool with a hooked end for turning round nuts or bolt heads without flat sides

reap hook
9.8

A hand tool with a curved blade and short handle for cutting grass or crops

How Addicted

to enslave
  • NSFW
99 5.7
to hook
  • NSFW
20 7.9

Surface Forms

hook infinitive
hooked past
hooked past participle
hooking present participle
hooks third person singular

Etymology

Hook meaning to make someone addicted comes from the image of being 'caught' by a hook, so if something 'hooks' you it grabs hold of you and is hard to leave.