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a catch for locking a door
hook, crotchet(noun)a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener(noun)anything that serves as an enticement
hook, claw(noun)a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
hook(noun)a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
hook, draw, hooking(noun)a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
"he took lessons to cure his hooking"
hook(noun)a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
hook shot, hook(verb)a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
hook(verb)fasten with a hook
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook(verb)rip off; ask an unreasonable price
crochet, hook(verb)make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
"She sat there crocheting all day"
hook(verb)hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom(verb)take by theft
"Someone snitched my wallet!"
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift(verb)make off with belongings of others
hook(verb)hit with a hook
"His opponent hooked him badly"
hook(verb)catch with a hook
"hook a fish"
addict, hook(verb)to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
hook(verb)secure with the foot
"hook the ball"
hook, snare(verb)entice and trap
"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
hook, solicit, accost(verb)approach with an offer of sexual favors
"he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentdelivered a hard right hook that struck his opponent in the eye
to cause to turn away from a straight linethe pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer wholehooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keepthe monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forciblyI hooked the biggest fish of the day, and then released it
to turn away from a straight line or coursehang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward
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