Word Finder - hook

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A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

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A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

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Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

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The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

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The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

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A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

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A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

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A snare; a trap.

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(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

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Removal or expulsion from a group or activity

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He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.

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A field sown two years in succession.

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(authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

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(authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

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A finesse.

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A jack (the playing card).

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A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

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A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

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The song's hook snared me.

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A ship's anchor.

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Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

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We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.

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(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

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A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

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A háček.

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Senses relating to sports.

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To attach a hook to.

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Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

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To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

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He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

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To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

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To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

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He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.

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To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

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A free trial is a good way to hook customers.

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To steal.

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To connect (hook into, hook together).

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If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.

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(usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

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He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

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To play a hook shot.

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To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

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To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

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The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

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To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

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To engage in prostitution.

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I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.

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(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

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To finesse.

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To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

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To move or go with a sudden turn.

I caught fish with hook and line and pole.

After dinner you can hook me up.

The fishery is also carried on along the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, where great quantities of the fish are caught with hook and line, and conveyed to market alive in "well-boats" specially built for this traffic. Such boats have been in use since the beginning of the '8th century.

The ship moves independently with its own enormous motion, the boat hook no longer reaches the moving vessel, and suddenly the administrator, instead of appearing a ruler and a source of power, becomes an insignificant, useless, feeble man.

This hook swings on the pivot B, and has an arm which extends backwards, practically at right angles with the working face of the hook, FIG.

While the sea of history remains calm the ruler-administrator in his frail bark, holding on with a boat hook to the ship of the people and himself moving, naturally imagines that his efforts move the ship he is holding on to.

We hook a few submersible containers to the back of the sub.

He wants to hook you up with his brother, by the way.

Yeah. So he's like off the hook.

The Hook (Hoek) of Holland harbour, built at the mouth of the New Waterway (1866-1872) from Rotterdam, is the chief approach to Central Europe from Harwich on the east coast of England.

The whiting is one of the most valuable food fishes of northern Europe, and is caught throughout the year by hook and line and by the trawl.

Such a nose is called a hook nose or eagle's beak.

Lift up to chest height and hook the seat headrest over your right shoulder.

Steve fished a small float 4 rods out and feed hemp and carp pellet fishing soft pellets on the hook.

Fishing light floats and feeding hemp, the pair fished double maggot on the hook and had bream to over 6lb.

The stuff consisted of at least 5 supermarket trolleys, roped together with thick ropes, complete with grappling hook.

And God bless Fox Searchlight for swallowing the whole thing hook, line and sinker.

The album shines in its ability to take a simple, almost unfairly catchy hook and bleed it for all its worth.

Fish are played on barbed hooks and either released after the hook is torn out or clubbed to death.

The shopping bags are held by an adjustable hook which is positioned to fit within the palm of the hand.

Simon fished flavored corn on the hook together with soft hook pellets.

Put the crochet hook or latch tool under the strand between the edge st and the next st and pull gently.

These include a dough hook, beater, wire whisk, a 4.8 liter stainless steel bowl and a pouring shield.

A very cool antique English brass coat hook, this features St George (the patron saint of England) slaying the dragon.

The " hot spot " of the mouse is in its teeth, and that of the building machine is at the crane hook.

The foul hookers that come off are obviously hooked in the side, hence coming back with scales on the hook.

They just set off so quick that they can bottom out red hydro and then the hook pulls.

For instance, maybe a bridge or hook is too long. or, perhaps, an instrumental intro could be shortened for radio.

Thompson, so effective going forward looked leaden footed as Clayton Hook tore past him and half the length of the pitch.

Fishing a 9m pole to open water, Tom fished corn on the hook feeding red maggot.

I will use the dead maggots on the hook from time to time too.

They were caught from peg seven using four white maggots on a size 14 hook tied to 6lb hook length on the feeder method.

A size 8 hook, Merlin hook link and 10lb mainline helped complete the deed.

The babies are born gray with a straight bill, the upper mandible with a slight hook.

One thing all ELO hits have in common, however, is a great hook!

These kinds of straps hook onto the sound hole of the guitar and are worn around the neck.

Levy Classical Strap - The sound hole hook on this strap is made from soft plastic to protect your guitar from becoming scratched when you use it.

D'Andrea 1200 Nylon Classical Strap - This barebones strap is as simple as it gets, and it features a single piece of soft vinyl and an adjustable nylon chord with a plastic hook.

Each length has a nailing tab at the top and an interlocking piece at the bottom that allows you to hook panels together to create a protective barrier.

Do you have someone installing your bathroom tile and need someone to hook up your sink and toilet?

Tie in a large clump of black marabou on top of the hook shank behind the eye to form a wing.

You must use mono that is strong enough not to break when you hook the bottom or a rock.

It already had someone else's 3/0 hook and a length of 20 lb mono hanging from its mouth.

Zack winds up as the accused murderer and must get himself off the hook.

Like the Captain Hook of pantomime, Irving brought about his own nemesis.

One size fits most - Durable, quality construction featuring premium quality neoprene and convenient hook and loop closures.

Casting accuracy Terminal set-up is a simple paternoster with the bomb or feeder on a 6-inch link and the hook length about 3 feet.

A simple two or three hook paternoster rig baited with rag or crab is the best way to approach this spot.

Today, in the colored water, I will be using halibut pellets on the hook.

The method to use is groundbait feeder with maggot flouro pinkie or worm hook bait with match weights going to 24lb.