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hooking

hooking

7.0
A golf shot that curves sharply to the left for a right-handed player
  • noun
  • /ˈhʊkɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : hook

Examples

  • It's a pretty good toe hook or heel hook, and the top is not easy either.

  • - Hooking? - No.

    Madea's Witness Protection (2012)

  • AND BESIDES, MY DAYS OF HOOKING ARE OVER.

    The Hebrew Hammer (2003)

  • His shot was a perfect hooking move that sent the ball curving sharply to the left.

  • After practicing for months, he finally mastered the tricky technique of hooking the golf ball.

  • Many right-handed players struggle with hooking their shots on the golf course.

Synonyms

hook
vshooking
  • Specialized
14 7.2

A golf shot that curves sharply to the left for right-handed players

focuses only on the left curve for right-handed players

Antonyms

slice
  • Jargon
5 7.5

A golf shot that curves sharply to the right for a right-handed player

How Curved

hooking
  • Jargon
7.0
draw
  • Specialized
1 7.1

Surface Forms

hooking singular
hookings plural

Morphology

hooking = hook (transparent) = hook + ing

Formed from the verb 'hook' with the productive nominal/verbal noun suffix '-ing'; the golf sense is a direct action/result of 'to hook'.

Etymology

Hooking comes from hook, the curved tool used to catch fish, so in golf a 'hook' is a shot that 'curves' to the left as if the ball were caught on a hook.