| NOUN | artifact | hook | a catch for locking a door |
|---|---|---|---|
| shape | hook, crotchet | a sharp curve or crook | |
| cognition | hook, bait, come-on, lure, sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement / enticement | |
| artifact | hook, claw | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | |
| artifact | hook | a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something | |
| act | hook, draw, hooking | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | |
| act | hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent | |
| act | hook, hook shot | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket | |
| VERB | contact | hook | fasten with a hook |
| possession | hook, overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob | rip off | |
| creation | hook, crochet | make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | |
| contact | hook | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left | |
| possession | hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom | take by theft | |
| possession | hook, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift | make off with belongings of others | |
| contact | hook | hit with a hook | |
| contact | hook | catch with a hook | |
| consumption | hook, addict | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | |
| competition | hook | secure with the foot | |
| communication | hook, snare | entice and trap | |
| communication | hook, solicit, accost | approach with an offer of sexual favors |
| Sounds | hhuh'k | |
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| Rhymes | book / Book ... yearbook: 43 rhymes with uhk... | |
| Meaning | A catch for locking a door. | |
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| Broader | catch | A fastener that fastens or locks a door or window |
| Spanish | gancho | |
| Verbs | hook | fasten with a hook |
| Meaning | A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook. | |
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| Synonym | crotchet | |
| Narrower | uncus | (biology) any hook-shaped process or part |
| Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| Spanish | gancho | |
| Catalan | ganxo | |
| Meaning | Anything that serves as an enticement / enticement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bait, come-on, lure, sweetener | |
| Broader | temptation, enticement | Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce |
| Spanish | anzuelo, cebo, gancho, señuelo | |
| Catalan | edulcorant, esquer | |
| Verbs | hook | entice and trap |
| hook | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | |
| Meaning | A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | claw | |
| Part of | coat hanger, clothes hanger, dress hanger | A hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on |
| grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron | A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding | |
| Narrower | anchor, ground tackle | A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
| pothook | An S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire | |
| tenterhook | One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter | |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | gancho, garfio, garra | |
| Catalan | ganxo, garfi, garra | |
| Verbs | hook | fasten with a hook |
| Meaning | A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something. | |
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| Parts | barb | A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove |
| Narrower | boat hook | pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats |
| buttonhook | A hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole | |
| crotchet | A small tool or hooklike implement | |
| cup hook | hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups | |
| fishhook | A sharp barbed hook for catching fish | |
| gaff | An iron hook with a handle | |
| gig | A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies | |
| meat hook | A strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung | |
| skyhook | A hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky | |
| Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
| Spanish | gancho, garfio | |
| Verbs | hook | catch with a hook |
| hook | make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | |
| Meaning | A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer. | |
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| Example | "he took lessons to cure his hooking" | |
| Synonyms | draw, hooking | |
| Broader | golf stroke, golf shot, swing | The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
| Catalan | enganxada | |
| Verbs | hook | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left |
| Meaning | A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | roundhouse | A hook delivered with an exaggerated swing |
| Broader | punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist |
| Verbs | hook | hit with a hook |
| Meaning | A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | hook shot | |
| Broader | basketball shot | Throwing the basketball toward the hoop |
| Spanish | gancho | |
| Catalan | ganxo | |
| Meaning | Fasten with a hook. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| See also | hook up | connect or link |
| Opposite | unhook | Take off a hook |
| Spanish | enganchar | |
| Catalan | enganxar | |
| Nouns | hook | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
| hook | a catch for locking a door | |
| Meaning | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob | |
| Entails | charge, bill | demand payment |
| Narrower | extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring | Obtain by coercion or intimidation |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Opposite | undercharge | Charge (someone) too little money |
| Spanish | atracar, desplumar, robar | |
| Catalan | atracar, plomar, robar | |
| Meaning | make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | crochet | |
| Category | handicraft | A craft that requires skillful hands |
| Broader | loop, intertwine | make a loop in |
| Similar to | crochet | create by looping or crocheting |
| Spanish | hacer ganchillo | |
| Nouns | hook | a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
| Meaning | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | golf, golf game | A game / game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
| Nouns | hook, hooking | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer |
| hooker | a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) | |
| Meaning | Take by theft. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | chivarse, hurtar, mangar, robar | |
| Meaning | Make off with belongings of others. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Model | They hook the goods | |
| Synonyms | pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | afanar, atrapar, birlar, enganchar, guindar, hurtar, mangar, quitar, robar | |
| Catalan | furtar, pispar, robar | |
| Meaning | hit with a hook. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to hook his opponent | |
| Example | "His opponent hooked him badly" | |
| Category | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists |
| Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Spanish | atrapar | |
| Nouns | hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent |
| Meaning | catch with a hook. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "hook a fish" | |
| Narrower | seize | hook by a pull on the line |
| Broader | catch, grab, take hold of | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of |
| Spanish | echar el anzuelo, enganchar | |
| Nouns | hook | a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
| Meaning | To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonym | addict | |
| Entails | use, habituate | Take or consume (regularly or habitually) |
| Broader | habituate, accustom | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| Spanish | causar adicción en, engancharse, enganchar, volver adicto | |
| Catalan | enganxar-se | |
| Nouns | hook | anything that serves as an enticement / enticement |
| Meaning | Secure with the foot. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "hook the ball" | |
| Category | rugby, rugby football, rugger | A form of football played with an oval ball |
| Broader | play | Shoot or hit in a particular manner |
| Meaning | entice and trap. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | snare | |
| Broader | entice, lure, tempt | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion |
| Similar to | hook, solicit, accost | approach with an offer of sexual favors |
| Spanish | atraer, enganchar | |
| Nouns | hook | anything that serves as an enticement / enticement |
| Meaning | approach with an offer of sexual favors. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | solicit, accost | |
| Broader | offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish |
| Similar to | hook, snare | entice and trap |
| Spanish | abordar, enganchar, ofrecerse, ofrecer sexo, venderse | |
| Catalan | abordar, importunar, seduir, vendre's | |
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