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hook(1)(dictionary)
hook(2)(dictionary)
Hook(medicine)
hook and eye(dictionary)
calvarial hook(medicine)
palate hook(medicine)
sliding hook(medicine)
tracheotomy hook(medicine)
curtain hook(dictionary)

hook(2) (iou)



hook verb. ME.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb trans. Make hooklike or hooked; bend, crook. rare. ME.
verb trans. Catch (a fish) with a hook. ME.
R. Brautigan I have lost every trout I ever hooked.
b. verb trans. fig. Catch, secure; captivate, ensnare. L17.
F. J. Furnivall A man trying to hook a well-off widow.
c. verb intrans. Solicit as a prostitute. slang. M20.
K. Reichs Most people think girls hook because they've been abused, or because they're forced into it.
II.
verb intrans. Have a hooked shape; bend or curve sharply. ME.
W. Holtby A big pale face rather like Mussolini'sonly his nose hooks a bit.
verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Make off, run away, esp. surreptitiously. (Foll. by off, out.) colloq. ME.
F. Sargeson If Ted saw her coming..he'd hook off if he could before she got near.
verb intrans. Attach oneself or be attached (as) with a hook; fasten (as) with a hook or hooks. (Foll. by up.) L16.
Thackeray He hooked on to my arm as if he had been the Old Man of the Sea. J. K. Toole The long red beard that hooked over his ears by means of wires.
verb trans. Catch hold of or grasp (as) with a hook; attach or secure (as) with a hook or hooks; connect or fasten together with hooks, or hooks and eyes. (Foll. by in, on, up, etc.) L16.
E. Bowen Hooking a stool towards her, she swung her feet up. A. Tyler He hooked his thumbs in his belt. C. Phillips Bertram hooked both feet around the bar of his chair.
b. verb trans. Make (a rug) using a hook to pull yarn, rag, etc., through a canvas ground. L19.
verb trans. Snatch (as) with a hook; take by stealth; steal. E17.
verb trans. & intrans.
a. Strike (a ball) so that it deviates from a straight line; Golf drive (the ball) wide in the direction of the follow-through; Cricket hit (a fast, short-pitched ball) round to leg from shoulder height with a horizontal or rising swing of the bat. M19.
b. Rugby Football. Secure and propel (the ball) backward with the foot in the scrummage. E20.
verb trans. Provide with a hook. M19.
verb trans. & intrans. Boxing. Strike (an opponent) with the elbow bent and rigid. L19.
Comb.: hook-up colloq. a connection or link, esp. of radio or television broadcasting facilities.