To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
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 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.
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 rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
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 summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty.
To notify or inform (someone, about something).
To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour.
To give warning.
To advise or order to go or stay away.
To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.