A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
The clevis of a pulley block.
A pocket in clothing.
A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
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.
The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
A ship's anchor.
Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
A field sown two years in succession.
A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
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 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.
A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
A jack (the playing card).
Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
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.
The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
a háček.
a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
A finesse.
A curveball.
A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
A prostitute.
A snare; a trap.
A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
To attach a hook to.
To finesse.
To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
To connect (hook into, hook together).
To engage in prostitution.
To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
To play a hook shot.
To make addicted; to captivate.
To move or go with a sudden turn.
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.