1. n. a rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment
2. n. a fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing
3. n. any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook
4. n. (informal) a ship's anchor
5. n. the curved needle used in the art of crochet
6. n. the part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns
7. n. a loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j
8. n. (music) a catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song
The song's hook snared me.
9. n. (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
10. n. (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
11. n. a tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely
12. n. (informal) removal or expulsion from a group or activity
He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
13. n. (cricket) a type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height
14. n. (baseball) a curveball
He threw a hook in the dirt.
15. n. (software) a feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily
We've added "user-defined" codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward a
16. n. (golf) a golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
17. n. (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-throug
18. n. (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.
19. n. (slang) A jack (the playing card)
20. n. (typography, rare) a háček.
21. n. (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
22. n. (bowling) a ball that is rolled in a curved line
23. n. (bridge, slang) a finesse
24. n. a snare; a trap
25. n. a field sown two years in succession
26. n. (in the plural) the projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones
27. n. (geography) a spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey
28. v. To attach a hook to.
Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
29. v. To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
30. v. To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
31. v. To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.
32. v. To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.
She's only here to try to hook a husband.
A free trial is a good way to hook customers.
33. v. (US) To steal.
34. v. To connect (hook into, hook together).
If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
35. v. (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked.
36. v. (cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.
37. v. (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
38. v. (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
39. v. (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
40. v. (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
41. v. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
42. v. (bridge, slang) To finesse.
43. v. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
44. v. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
3. v. (Rare) Mordre quelqu'un ou quelque chose avec des crocs.
4. v. (Région) ou (arch) Attraper, capturer, saisir, agripper quelqu'un ou quelque chose.
5. v. (Région) ou (désuet) Prendre, recevoir, accepter quelque chose.
6. v. (Désuet) Accueillir quelqu'un avec hospitalité.
7. v. (Région) Accueillir ou adopter quelqu'un dans une relation spirituelle (tel un baptême) ; être parrain ou marraine de quelqu'un.
Fang
1. n. A people of western Africa.
2. n. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
3. n. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
4. v. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
5. v. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
6. v. (transitive, dialectal, or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
7. v. (transitive, dialectal, or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
8. v. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
10. v. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
11. n. (now chiefly dialectal Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
12. n. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
13. n. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
14. n. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
15. n. (rare, in the plural) Cage-shuts.
16. n. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
17. n. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
18. v. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
square bracket
1. n. (Typographie) Crochet.
square bracket
1. n. Either of a pair of symbols, (unsupported,) unsupported, , used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.
crochet
1. n. Crochet (technique utilisant un crochet).
crochet
1. n. Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
2. v. To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
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