Hook

Quick meaning: Hook is a 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.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
2. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
3. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
4. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
5. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
6. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
7. A snare; a trap.

Example Sentences

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

“What makes you so sure that nobody knows you've got a hook into him?” Ward asked.

A shop of all the qualities, that man Loues woman for, besides that hooke of Wiuing,

The hook of Good Boys, Hollywood's latest odyssey of comic adolescent mischief, is that the kids behaving badly are, for once, truly kids.

Word Forms

• hooks
• hooking
• hooked

Synonyms for hook

Depending on context, synonyms include endpoint, hooker, shoulder, abstract, plume, draw.

Antonyms for hook

Common opposites include unhook, undercharge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crochet, knock off, fleece, soak, swipe, pluck.

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