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Thesaurus > Related Words: hook |
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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
Derivational Morphology:
crochet, sweeten, entice, lure, tempt, snare, addict, bait, solicitation, allurement, trap, come-on, sweetener, addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation, nut, freak, junkie, junky, claw, draw, hooking, hooker, crocheting, booster, shoplifter, lifter, boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum, sneak thief, pilferer, snitcher, pilferage, overcharge, larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
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