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hook > 20 senses
NOUN	1	hook	A catch for locking a door
	2	hook, crotchet	A sharp curve or crook
	3	hook, bait, come-on, lure, sweetener	Anything that serves as an enticement
	4	hook, claw	A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
	5	hook	A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
	6	hook, draw, hooking	A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
	7	hook	A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
	8	hook, hook shot	A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
VERB	1	hook	Fasten with a hook
	2	hook, overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob	Rip off
	3	hook, crochet	Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
	4	hook	Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
	5	hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom	Take by theft
	6	hook, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift	Make off with belongings of others
	7	hook	Hit with a hook
	8	hook	Catch with a hook
	9	hook, addict	To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
	10	hook	Secure with the foot
	11	hook, snare	Entice and trap
	12	hook, solicit, accost	Approach with an offer of sexual favors

hook > pronunciation
Sounds	hhuh'k
Rhymes	book / Book, brook, Brooke, and 40 more rhymes in uhk...

hook > noun 2, shape
Meaning	A sharp curve or crook. A shape resembling a hook.
Synonyms	crotchet
Broader	curve, curved shape
Narrower	uncus

hook > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	Anything that serves as an enticement.
Synonyms	bait, come-on, lure, sweetener
Broader	temptation, enticement
Verbs	hook; hook

hook > noun 4, artifact
Meaning	A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.
Synonyms	claw
Part of	coat hanger, clothes hanger, dress hanger; grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
Broader	mechanical device
Narrower	anchor, ground tackle; pothook; tenterhook
Verbs	hook

hook > noun 5, artifact
Meaning	A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something.
Parts	barb
Broader	implement
Narrower	boat hook; buttonhook; crotchet; cup hook; fishhook; gaff; gig; meat hook; skyhook
Verbs	hook; hook

hook > noun 6, act
Meaning	A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer.
Examples	"he took lessons to cure his hooking"
Synonyms	draw, hooking
Broader	golf stroke, golf shot, swing
Verbs	hook

hook > noun 7, act
Meaning	A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent.
Broader	punch, clout, poke, lick, biff
Narrower	roundhouse
Verbs	hook

hook > noun 8, act
Meaning	A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket.
Synonyms	hook shot
Broader	basketball shot

hook > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Fasten with a hook.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Contrary	unhook
Broader	fasten, fix, secure
See also	hook up
Nouns	hook; hook

hook > verb 2, possession
Meaning	Rip off. Ask an unreasonable price.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob
Contrary	undercharge
Broader	cheat, rip off, chisel
Narrower	extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
Entails	charge, bill

hook > verb 3, creation
Meaning	Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	crochet
Similar to	crochet
Category	handicraft
Broader	loop, intertwine
Nouns	hook

hook > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Category	golf, golf game
Broader	hit
Nouns	hook, hooking; hooker

hook > verb 5, possession
Meaning	Take by theft.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
Broader	steal

hook > verb 6, possession
Meaning	Make off with belongings of others.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Model	They hook the goods
Synonyms	pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
Broader	steal

hook > verb 7, contact
Meaning	Hit with a hook.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Model	The fighter managed to hook his opponent
Examples	"His opponent hooked him badly"
Category	boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs
Broader	hit
Nouns	hook

hook > verb 9, consumption
Meaning	To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug).
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody PP
Synonyms	addict
Broader	habituate, accustom
Entails	use, habituate
Nouns	hook

hook > verb 11, communication
Meaning	Entice and trap.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	snare
Similar to	hook, solicit, accost
Broader	entice, lure, tempt
Nouns	hook

hook > verb 12, communication
Meaning	Approach with an offer of sexual favors.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	solicit, accost
Similar to	hook, snare
Broader	offer