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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr & vb n. {Hooking}.] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as to hook a dress; to hook a trout. Hook him my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by or as by hook. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hooked \Hooked\, a. 1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as the hooked bill of a bird. 2. Provided with a hook or hooks. ``The hooked chariot.'' --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hooked adj 1: curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: {aquiline}] 2: addicted to a drug [syn: {dependent}, {dependant}, {drug-addicted}, {strung-out}]
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