hook
verb/hʊk/
/hʊk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hook | /hʊk/ /hʊk/ |
| he / she / it hooks | /hʊks/ /hʊks/ |
| past simple hooked | /hʊkt/ /hʊkt/ |
| past participle hooked | /hʊkt/ /hʊkt/ |
| -ing form hooking | /ˈhʊkɪŋ/ /ˈhʊkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to fasten or hang something on something else using a hook; to be fastened or hanging in this way
- hook something + adv./prep. We hooked the trailer to the back of the car.
- + adv./prep. a dress that hooks at the back
Extra Examples- He hooked the rope over a branch.
- The boat was moored to an anchor firmly hooked into the bank.
- [transitive, intransitive] to put something, especially your leg, arm or finger, around something else so that you can hold onto it or move it; to go around something else in this way
- hook something + adv./prep. He hooked his foot under the stool and dragged it over.
- She hooked her arm through her sister’s.
- He managed to hook his fingers under the stone.
- Her thumbs were hooked into the pockets of her jeans.
- Hook the rope through your belt.
- He hooked an arm around her neck.
- + adv./prep. Suddenly an arm hooked around my neck.
- [transitive] hook something to catch a fish with a hook
- It was the biggest pike I ever hooked.
- (figurative) They managed to hook a wealthy new client.
- [transitive] hook something (especially in golf, cricket or football (soccer)) to hit or kick a ball so that it goes to one side instead of straight ahead (usually by mistake in golf but deliberately in other sports)
- He hooked his drive into the trees.
- I hooked the first ball for a six.
- He hooked his shot over the bar.
- Try and hook the ball around the defenders.
Word OriginOld English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle, projecting piece of land’, also to German Haken ‘hook’.
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