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Noun A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook (informal) A ship's anchor. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j. (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song. 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. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height. (baseball) A curveball. (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot. (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc. (slang) A jack (the playing card) (typography, rare) A háček. (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. (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line. (bridge, slang) A finesse. A snare; a trap. A field sown two years in succession. (plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones. (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey. Verb (transitive) To attach a hook to. (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish). (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet. (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook. (transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook. (Britain, US, slang, archaic) To steal. (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together). (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate. (cricket, golf) To play a hook shot. (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker). (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player) (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word. (bridge, slang) To finesse. (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn. Find more words! 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