hoke

/hoʊk/ · noun

Meaning

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
Something contrived or artificial.
To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
To scrounge, to grub.

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