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hooks

/hʊks/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  2. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
  3. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
  4. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
  5. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  6. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
  7. To attach a hook to.
  8. To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
  9. To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  10. To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
  11. To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
  12. To steal.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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