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Words related to hook

Related / Similar Words: hook shot, draw, hooking, claw, bait, come-on, lure, sweetener, crotchet, solicit, accost, snare, addict, crochet, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift, overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom

Definition:

a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket;

a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent;

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking";

a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something;

a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;

a catch for locking a door;

anything that serves as an enticement;

a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook;

approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park";

entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers";

secure with the foot; "hook the ball";

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug);

fasten with a hook;

catch with a hook; "hook a fish";

hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly";

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left;

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day";

make off with belongings of others;

rip off; ask an unreasonable price;

take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!";

See Also: hook up

Hyponyms: roundhouse, boat hook, buttonhook, crotchet, cup hook, fishhook, gaff, gig, meat hook, skyhook, anchor, ground tackle, pothook, tenterhook, uncus, seize, extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring

Grouped Verbs: snare, solicit, accost, crochet

Entailments: use, habituate, charge, bill

Part Meronyms: coat hanger, clothes hanger, dress hanger, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron

Language Translations:
Bulgarian: кука		Catalan: garfi
Danish: få på krogen and krog		Dutch: aan de haak slaan and haak
Finnish: koukku and ongenkoukku and saada		French: attraper and crochet
German: Haken		Hungarian: horog
Interlingua: croc and prender		Italian: gancio and prendere and uncino
Japanese: フック and 釣り針		Korean: 낚다 and 낚시 and 갈고리
Persian: قلاب ماهيگيري and قلاب، چنگك، جا لباسي and به قلاب انداختن		Portuguese: anzol and fisgar and gancho
Romanian: agăţa and cârlig		Russian: крюк and крючок
Spanish: anzuelo and enganchar and gancho

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