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A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

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A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

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Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

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The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

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The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

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A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

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A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

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A snare; a trap.

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(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

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Removal or expulsion from a group or activity

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He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.

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A field sown two years in succession.

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(authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

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(authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

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A finesse.

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A jack (the playing card).

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A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

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A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

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The song's hook snared me.

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A ship's anchor.

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Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

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We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.

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(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

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A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

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A háček.

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Senses relating to sports.

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To attach a hook to.

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Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

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To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

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He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

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To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

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To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

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He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.

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To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

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A free trial is a good way to hook customers.

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To steal.

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To connect (hook into, hook together).

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If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.

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(usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

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He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

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To play a hook shot.

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To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

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To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

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The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

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To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

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To engage in prostitution.

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I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.

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(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

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To finesse.

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To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

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To move or go with a sudden turn.

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