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/ˈbəʊtˌhʊk/ · noun
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat..
After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.
Use boathook when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Boathook means A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat..
Common synonyms include setting pole, gaff, setter, pole hook.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.
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