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to hook

to hook

36 9.2
To offer sexual services to someone in public for money
  • verb
  • /hʊk/
  • NSFW
translation icon : captar clientes
  • Many young people go out to hook up at parties on the weekends.

Examples

  • Well, okay, so we hooked up and she gave me a couple of hand jobs.

    American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)

  • Brooke says she wants to hook up with girls now.

  • Well, you know, we have a natural inclination to hook up, as people say, have sex.

  • It's a sign that you should stop hooking up with random guys from bars.

    Blog text (3)

  • People get HIV and STDs from hooking up in their own homes all the time.

    Blog text (11)

  • When my girlfriend and I broke up, I ended up hooking up with a hotter chick.

    Blog text (20)

  • She approached him in the bar to hook up with her for the night.

  • They often hook up with strangers on dating apps without serious intentions.

Synonyms

to hook up
vsto hook
  • NSFW
132 8.7

To meet someone for a brief romantic or sexual encounter

focuses on offering sexual services for pay rather than casual mutual encounters
to pick up
vsto hook
  • NSFW
126 8.2

To meet someone to start a romantic or sexual relationship

involves offering sexual services rather than merely starting a personal encounter
to accost
vsto hook
24 8.0

Go up to someone and speak to them in a bold or aggressive way

involves offering sexual services specifically rather than bold or aggressive general approaches
to solicit
vsto hook
  • NSFW
13 8.7

To offer sexual services to someone, often in a public place

is specifically about offering paid sexual services rather than general advances

Idioms

off the hook
  • Informal
105 5.9

No longer in trouble or responsible for something

on the hook
  • Informal
26 7.7

Responsible for paying or doing something, often unwillingly

off the hook
  • Slang
14 8.2

Very exciting and impressive

by hook or by crook
  • Informal
1 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
213 3.7

To connect devices so they work together

to hook up
  • NSFW
132 8.7

To meet someone for a brief romantic or sexual encounter

to let off the hook
  • Informal
64 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
4 5.7

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

meat hook
3 4.8

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

hook shot
  • Specialized
3 3.6

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

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

bench hook
8.8

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

boat hook
3.9

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

bolus hook
  • Specialized
9.9

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

cant hook
  • Specialized
9.8

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

catchy hook
3.2

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

catchy hook
3.5

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

cup hook
3.5

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

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

fire hook
7.7

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

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

hook-nosed
8.0

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

pruning hook
7.2

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

reap hook
9.8

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

reaping hook
  • Archaic
8.3

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

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

A helpful way to remember hook meaning to offer sexual services is to think of the idea of 'trying to catch' clients like a hook catches fish, so the verb came to mean seeking customers.