How to pronounce hook in English

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Pronunciation of Hook is Hook, hoo-k

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    Hook phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'hook'

    • Traditional IPA representation of hook: /hoʊoʊk/
    • Modern IPA representation of hook: /hɒɒk/

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    List of meaning for hook

    hook(noun)

    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 instrument

    delivered a hard right hook that struck his opponent in the eye

    to cause to turn away from a straight line

    the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed

    to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

    hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace

    to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

    the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them

    to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

    I hooked the biggest fish of the day, and then released it

    to turn away from a straight line or course

    hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward

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    hook in sentence

    1. The judge claimed not to be persuaded by elitism but let defendants of upper middle class off the hook more often than the poor.

    2. The chronometer was used as portable timekeeping device by Captain Hook and his men.

    3. Some blow dryers come with a special attachment that you hook to the front of the product to reduce frizz.

    4. Zippers are inherently sawtooth shaped devices that hook together to tie pieces of clothes together.

    5. Captain Hook surely suffered from monomania as his neurotically hunted down Peter Pan.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term hook

    (Environmental inspectors) must confront the hard tasks in earnest and not be afraid of offending people... and never let violators off the hook without resolving the problem.

    Zhai Qing

    Congress should not put taxpayers on the hook for another bailout, and this giveaway that was drafted by Citigroup lobbyists has no place in a critical government funding bill.

    Elizabeth Warren

    It is likely that in the aftermath of next week's election, Thailand's military establishment will, by hook or by crook, win a coalition majority, but only with the help of junta-appointed senators, the use of crony senators to win would also make Prayut's electoral victory illegitimate in the eyes of most Thai people.

    Paul Chambers

    We can be sure they will uproot him by hook or by crook, so my best advice for him is 'resign from the speaker's position if you want to prevent further perils for you and your family'.

    Thein Nyint

    I call on Secretary DeVos to abandon Secretary DeVos attempts to rewrite the borrower defense rule to let for-profit colleges off the hook and instead fully implement the current rule and provide relief to more than 100,000 borrowers who were cheated out of their education and savings.

    Patty Murray

    That seems to be part of our culture now, meet, have sex, hook up, sayonara. Totally inappropriate behavior. There is no excuse for this whatsoever.

    Dennis Wiley

    It's the kind of thing you see in environments in which people do bad things but they don't want to be on the hook and on the record as asking someone to do a bad thing. It happens all the time.

    Preet Bharara

    While the prospect of looking for evidence of the Loch Ness monster is the hook to this project, there is an extraordinary amount of new knowledge that we will gain from the work about organisms that inhabit Loch Ness – the UK's largest freshwater body.

    Neil Gemmell

    I think impeaching and removing Donald Trump from office would let the American people off the hook and have something happen indirectly that I believe they're duty bound to do directly, people in this country need to stand up and go to the voting booth and vote their values.

    James Comey

    I'll give you a strange answer, i hope not, because I think impeaching and removing Donald Trump from office would let the American people off the hook and have something happen indirectly that I believe they're duty bound to do directly.

    James Comeys

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