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Noun hook has 8 senses
- hook - a catch for locking a door
--1 is a kind of catch
- hook, crotchet - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
--2 is a kind of curve, curved shape
--2 has particulars: uncus
- bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener - anything that serves as an enticement
--3 is a kind of temptation, enticement
- hook, claw - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
--4 is a kind of mechanical device
--4 is a part of
--4 has particulars: anchor, ground tackle; pothook; tenterhook
- hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
--5 is a kind of implement
--5 has part: barb
--5 has particulars:
- hook, draw, hooking - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking"
--6 is a kind of golf stroke, golf shot, swing
- hook - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
--7 is a kind of punch, clout, poke, lick, biff
--7 has particulars: roundhouse
- hook shot, hook - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
--8 is a kind of basketball shot
Verb hook has 12 senses
- hook - fasten with a hook
--1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Antonyms: unhook
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
--2 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- crochet, hook - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
--3 is one way to loop, intertwine
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
--4 is one way to hit
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Somebody ----s something
- hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
--5 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift - make off with belongings of others
--6 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
They hook the goods
- hook - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
--7 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to hook his opponent
- hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
--8 is one way to catch, grab, take hold of
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- addict, hook - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
--9 is one way to habituate, accustom
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- hook - secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
--10 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hook, snare - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
--11 is one way to entice, lure, tempt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- hook, solicit, accost - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
--12 is one way to offer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
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