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A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else.
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A fishhook.
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A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap.
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A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end.
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verb-transitive
Baseball To pitch (a ball) with a curve.
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Basketball To shoot (a ball) in a hook shot.
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Informal To snare.
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Slang To cause to become addicted.
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Slang To steal; snatch. See Synonyms at steal.
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idiom
By hook or by crook By whatever means possible, fair or unfair.
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Get the hook Slang To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated.
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Hook, line, and sinker Informal Without reservation; completely: swallowed the excuse hook, line, and sinker.
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Off the hook Informal Freed, as from blame or a vexatious obligation: let me off the hook with a mild reprimand.
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phrasal-verb
Hook up To assemble or wire (a mechanism).
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Hook up To become romantically or sexually involved with someone.
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Hook up To connect a mechanism and a source of power.
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Hook up To marry or get married.
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Hook up To meet or associate: We agreed to hook up after class. He hooked up with the wrong crowd.
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verb-intransitive
Slang To work as a prostitute.
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To bend like a hook.
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To fasten by means of a hook or a hook and eye.
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