verb Download 🔗Share To attach a hook to. Examples : "Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away." action utensil nautical technical 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." action sport fish animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet. Examples : "My grandmother is hooking a colorful blanket for my new baby brother. " art style material 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 utensil 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." action human communication business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To steal. Examples : "The thief was caught on camera hooking wallets from people's bags. " property action police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To connect (hook into, hook together). Examples : "She was hooking the trailer to the back of the truck, preparing for their camping trip. " technology machine action utility 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 entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To play a hook shot. Examples : "The golfer was hooking the ball to the left, so he adjusted his stance. " 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 was focused on hooking the ball quickly and accurately to give 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 called a penalty because the player was hooking the opponent's leg to stop him from skating. " sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends. Examples : "The soccer player was able to score by hooking the ball around the defender and into the net. " sport action 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 person job society action moral 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, I was hooking the word "AT" by adding a "B" to make "BAT" and score some extra points. " language game word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To finesse. Examples : "She was hooking the conversation toward her own interests, hoping to subtly steer the topic away from her exam results. " action business 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 angry bull hooked the farmer with its horns. " animal action weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move or go with a sudden turn. Examples : "The car, trying to avoid a pothole, ended up hooking sharply to the right. " action direction Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of catching or fastening something on a hook. Examples : "The fisherman's success depended on the hooking of the large tuna. " action nautical sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent. Examples : "The referee immediately called hooking when the player used his stick to pull back the opposing forward. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading