verb Download 🔗Share To attach a hook to. Examples : "Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away." action technical machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To catch with a hook (hook a fish). Examples : "He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water." fish action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet. Examples : "Grandma is hooked on crocheting blankets for the new baby. " utensil work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook. Examples : "He hooked his fingers through his belt loops." action technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook. Examples : "A free trial is a good way to hook customers." attitude action character human mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To steal. Examples : "Someone hooked my bike from in front of the library. " police action law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To connect (hook into, hook together). Examples : "The teacher hooked the students' attention by starting the lesson with a surprising question. " technology machine technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate. Examples : "He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth." mind sensation entertainment tendency human character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To play a hook shot. Examples : "The basketball player hooked the ball for a basket. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker). Examples : "The hooker hooked the ball cleanly, giving his team possession after the scrum. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player) Examples : "The referee blew his whistle because the defenseman hooked the forward, preventing him from scoring. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends. Examples : "The soccer player hooked the ball, sending it curving towards the goal. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To engage in prostitution. Examples : "I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window." sex human job society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word. Examples : "In Scrabble, she hooked "at" onto the end of "cat" to make "cat." " language game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To finesse. Examples : "The teacher hooked the students' interest in history by telling a captivating story about ancient Egypt. " communication language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. Examples : "The bull hooked the farmer's leg, causing him to fall. " animal action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing. Examples : "He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies." mind condition human tendency character attitude entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading