NOUN
  • Definition - A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  • Definition - A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
  • Definition - Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
  • Definition - The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
  • Definition - The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  • Definition - A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
  • Definition - A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
  • Definition - A snare; a trap.
  • Definition - (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
  • Definition - Removal or expulsion from a group or activity
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - A field sown two years in succession.
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - (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.
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - (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.
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - A finesse.
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - A jack (the playing card).
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
  • Example - He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
  • Definition - A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • Example - The song's hook snared me.
  • Definition - A ship's anchor.
  • Example - The song's hook snared me.
  • Definition - Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
  • Example - We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
  • Definition - (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.
  • Example - We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
  • Definition - A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
  • Example - We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
  • Definition - A háček.
  • Example - We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
  • Definition - Senses relating to sports.
  • Example - We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
VERB
  • Definition - To attach a hook to.
  • Example - Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
  • Definition - To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
  • Example - He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
  • Definition - To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  • Example - He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
  • Definition - To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
  • Example - He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.
  • Definition - To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
  • Example - A free trial is a good way to hook customers.
  • Definition - To steal.
  • Example - A free trial is a good way to hook customers.
  • Definition - To connect (hook into, hook together).
  • Example - If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
  • Definition - (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
  • Example - He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
  • Definition - To play a hook shot.
  • Example - He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
  • Definition - To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
  • Example - He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
  • Definition - To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
  • Example - The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
  • Definition - To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
  • Example - The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
  • Definition - To engage in prostitution.
  • Example - I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
  • Definition - (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  • Example - I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
  • Definition - To finesse.
  • Example - I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
  • Definition - To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  • Example - I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
  • Definition - To move or go with a sudden turn.
  • Example - I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
hooks 12 shook 12
4 Letter Words
hook 11 sook 8 oohs 7 shoo 7
3 Letter Words
kos 7 hoo 6 hos 6 oho 6 ohs 6 ooh 6 sho 6 soh 6
2 Letter Words
ok 6 ho 5 oh 5 sh 5 os 2 so 2
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