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hook definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hook 2 of 9 senses of hook Sense 2 overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => extort, rack, gouge, wring Sense 8 hook => seize Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hook 2 of 9 senses of hook Sense 2 overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => extort, rack, gouge, wring => bleed Sense 8 hook => seize Entailment of verb hook 2 of 9 senses of hook Sense 2 overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => charge, bill Sense 9 addict, hook => use Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb hook 9 senses of hook Sense 1 hook => fasten, fix, secure Also See-> hook up#1 Sense 2 overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => cheat, beat rip off chisel Sense 3 crochet, hook => loop, intertwine Sense 4 hook => hit Sense 5 hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off glom => steal Sense 6 pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift => steal Sense 7 hook => hit Sense 8 hook => catch, grab, take hold of Sense 9 addict, hook => habituate, accustom Familiarity of verb hook hook used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hook Sense 1 hook => fasten, fix, secure -------------- Sense 2 overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => cheat, beat rip off chisel -------------- Sense 3 crochet, hook => loop, intertwine -------------- Sense 4 hook => hit -------------- Sense 5 hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off glom => steal -------------- Sense 6 pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift => steal -------------- Sense 7 hook => hit -------------- Sense 8 hook => catch, grab, take hold of -------------- Sense 9 addict, hook => habituate, accustom -------------- Grep of noun hook arrester hook billhook boat hook buttonhook cant hook crochet hook cup hook fire hook fishhook grappling hook hook hook and eye hook shot hook spanner hook wrench hookah hooke hooke's law hooker hooker's green hooker's onion hooker's orchid hooking hooknose hooks hookup hookworm hookworm disease hooky hooky player meat hook pothook pruning hook ravehook reap hook reaping hook shook skyhook tenterhook Overview of noun hook The noun hook has 8 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) hook -- (a catch for locking a door) 2. hook, crotchet -- (a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook) 3. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener -- (anything that serves as an enticement) 4. hook, claw -- (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something) 5. hook -- (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something) 6. hook, draw, hooking -- (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking") 7. hook -- (a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent) 8. hook shot, hook -- (a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket) Overview of verb hook The verb hook has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (2) hook -- (fasten with a hook) 2. (1) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off ask an unreasonable price) 3. (1) crochet, hook -- (interlock) 4. (1) hook -- (in golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left) 5. hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off glom -- (take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!") 6. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others) 7. hook -- (hit with a hock; in boxing) 8. hook -- (catch with a hook; "hook a fish") 9. addict, hook -- (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something esp. a narcotic drug)) Grep of adj hook hook-nosed hooked hooklike off the hook on the hook Overview of noun hook The noun hook has 8 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) hook -- (a catch for locking a door) 2. hook, crotchet -- (a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook) 3. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener -- (anything that serves as an enticement) 4. hook, claw -- (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something) 5. hook -- (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something) 6. hook, draw, hooking -- (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking") 7. hook -- (a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent) 8. hook shot, hook -- (a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket) Overview of verb hook The verb hook has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (2) hook -- (fasten with a hook) 2. (1) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off ask an unreasonable price) 3. (1) crochet, hook -- (interlock) 4. (1) hook -- (in golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left) 5. hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off glom -- (take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!") 6. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others) 7. hook -- (hit with a hock; in boxing) 8. hook -- (catch with a hook; "hook a fish") 9. addict, hook -- (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something esp. a narcotic drug))
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