hook
hook
hƊk
hook
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hook"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻā§āϞāĻžāύ⧋

to attach or secure something by means of a curved or angled object
Transitive: to hook sth | to hook sth onto sth
to hook definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fisherman skillfully hooked the bait onto the fishing line.
āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻŸā§‹āĻĒ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻšā§āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻšā§āĻ• āĻļāϟ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

(cricket) to play a shot by hitting the ball delivered by the bowler with the bat held horizontally and swinging it in a downward direction towards the leg side
Transitive: to hook a shot
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got into position quickly and hooked the ball fiercely, sending it racing towards the boundary.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻļ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻļ⧇āϟ āĻŦ⧁āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create stitches and fabric by pulling loops of yarn through other loops using a crochet hook
Transitive: to hook stitches or fabric
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He watched a tutorial to learn how to hook clusters of stitches to form a textured pattern.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϚāĻžāϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻŋāωāĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to offer sexual services in exchange for money or other forms of payment
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She started hooking at a young age to support her drug addiction.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϏāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
05

āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to draw someone in or trap them in a manipulative or compelling manner
Transitive: to hook sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The salesman hooked customers with persuasive pitches and enticing offers.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž ŅƒĐąĐĩĐ´Đ¸Ņ‚ĐĩĐģҌĐŊŅ‹Đŧ āĻĒāĻŋāϚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻšā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in rugby) to pass the ball back in a scrum or to move it along the ground
Transitive: to hook the ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The player skillfully hooked the ball with his foot and directed it towards the waiting forward.
āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰāϤ āĻĢāϰ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
07

āφāϏāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone addicted or strongly attached to a habit or substance
Transitive: to hook sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The addictive nature of social media platforms can hook users.
āϏ⧋āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āφāϏāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
08

āĻšā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧜āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻž

to catch something with a tool in the shape of a sharp curve or crook
Transitive: to hook sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She deftly cast her line into the water and soon felt a tug as she hooked a trout.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāχāύāϟāĻŋ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ— āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāωāϟ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
09

āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(in hockey) to use one's stick to impede or trip an opponent
Transitive: to hook an opponent or their gear
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The referee 's whistle blew as the player was caught hooking the opponent's stick during a scoring chance.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ⧇ āϰ⧇āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻļāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻœā§‡ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
10

āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to steal or take something unlawfully
Transitive: to hook sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He hooked a candy bar from the convenience store without paying for it.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻž āĻĒāϝāĻŧāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01

āĻšā§āĻ•, āφāĻ‚āϟāĻž

a device, often made of metal, used for securing or locking doors
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old wooden door had a rusty hook to keep it shut at night.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϰāĻŋāϚāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻšā§āĻ•, āĻšā§āĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϚ

(boxing) a powerful punch thrown with a bent arm aimed at connecting with the side or front of an opponent's head or body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His opponent 's guard dropped, opening up an opportunity for a hook.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻšā§āĻ•, āĻšā§āĻ• āĻļāϟ

a golf shot that curves sharply to the left for right-handed golfers or to the right for left-handed golfers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His hook got worse as the round progressed, affecting his score.
āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĻ• āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

a basketball shot delivered over the head using the hand farthest from the basket

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The player used a hook to shoot over the defender.
05

a curved or bent implement for suspending, catching, or pulling objects

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fishermen attached the bait to the hook.
06

a mechanical device with a curved shape, used to suspend, hold, or pull things

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Industrial hooks support beams and machinery.
07

anything that serves as an attraction or attention-grabber

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The story 's hook captured everyone's imagination.
08

a sharp curve, bend, or crook

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river makes a sharp hook before flowing into the valley.
09

a simple device, typically made of metal or plastic, for holding or hanging items by catching onto a loop or ring

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Coat hooks are attached to the wall near the entrance.
10

āĻšā§āĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

(bowling) a ball that curves as it rolls toward the pins
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The strong hook helped him recover from a shaky start.
āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻšā§āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
11

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϚāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ•, āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

a catchy, memorable part of a song that is repeated to capture the listener's attention
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hook of that song is so catchy, I ca n't stop singing it!
āĻ“āχ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāϤāχ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž!

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