Hooker

Quick meaning: Hooker is a noun meaning One who, or that which, hooks.

Meaning

One who, or that which, hooks.

More Meanings

1. (rugby) A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
2. (cricket) A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
3. A crocheter.
4. (informal, dated) Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
5. (US, slang) A prostitute.
6. (archaic, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
7. (slang, dated, 1920s to 1940s) An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.

Example Sentences

Emily had cut short these 3 A.M. glooms with a hooker of bourbon.

All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label

I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg.

Suffer none, from far or near, / With their rights to interfere; / No strange Abram, Ruffler crack— / Hooker of another pack—

Word Forms

• hookers

Synonyms for hooker

Depending on context, synonyms include angler, nuthook, hook, hustler, slattern, floozy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include floozie, slattern, streetwalker, floozy, hustler, prostitute.

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