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hook
English
- 🔊 a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- 🔊 a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer“he took lessons to cure his hooking”
- 🔊 a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- 🔊 a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- 🔊 a catch for locking a door
- 🔊 a sharp curve or crook
- 🔊 a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- 🔊 anything that serves as an enticement
- 🔊 approach with an offer of sexual favors“he was solicited by a prostitute”
- 🔊 entice and trap“The car salesman had snared three potential customers”
- 🔊 secure with the foot“hook the ball”
- 🔊 fasten with a hook
- 🔊 catch with a hook“hook a fish”
- 🔊 hit with a hook“His opponent hooked him badly”
- 🔊 hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- 🔊 take by theft“Someone snitched my wallet!”
- 🔊 to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- 🔊 make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle“She sat there crocheting all day”
- 🔊 make off with belongings of others
- 🔊 rip off
Spanish
- 🔊 gancho hook
- 🔊 garfio hook
- 🔊 garra hook
- 🔊 enganchar to hook
- 🔊 gancho hook, peg
- 🔊 enganche hook, link
- 🔊 anzuelo hook, fishhook