hook
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1.0
- noun
- /hʊk/
:
gancho
- The alphabet letter and the picture are attached with hook and loop fasteners to the top of the page.
- a fishing hook
- a baited hook
- caught on a hook
You'll never lose a fish on one of these hooks, OK?
- You'll never lose a fish on one of these hooks, OK?
- So instead we put these little hooks and they just slide right on.
- It was very unsportsmanlike for Hook to use his hook to slice Peter's wrist.
- I don't know where the hooks are, which wheels move, bro.
Examples
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Now, there are hooks on the corners of the bed in the jungle room and ropes under the kitchen sink.
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This is actually a fish hook removal tool.
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I had to take the phone off the hook.
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Just take it off the hook.
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Her phone had been left off the hook accidentally on the day I tried to call.
Fiction book (1991) -
You'll never lose a fish on one of these hooks, OK?
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The good morning icon and teacher picture are attached to the page with hook and loop fasteners.
Academic text (2013) -
The wedding garments are divided between the hooks above the two back windows.
Fiction book (1990) -
It has a sponge layer and hook and loop fastener layer on top.
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She hung her coat on a hook by the door to keep it off the floor.
Synonyms
52
5.6
A device that holds or locks something closed
31
5.6
A curved tool that grips and pulls things
14
2.6
A small hook or buckle that fastens things together
6
7.4
A tool with hooks used to grab and lift things
4
5.7
A set of hooks on a rope used to catch and hold things like a wall or ship
4
2.2
A small curved metal tool with a sharp point used to catch fish
1
9.5
A small hook with several points on a rope used to hold or pull things
A small metal loop used to fasten clothing or hang small items
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
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hook comes from an old Germanic word hoc meaning 'a bend' or 'curved thing', so a hook is a curved tool made to catch, hold, hang, or pull things.