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Hooker

/ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

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📖 Definitions of "Hooker"

noun

1
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
2
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
3
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
4
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

noun

1
One who, or that which, hooks.
2
A small fishing boat.
3
Any antiquated craft.
4
A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.

🔄 Synonyms of "Hooker"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hustlernoun	One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.
slatternnoun	(dated) One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.
floozynoun	Alternative spelling of floozie. [A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.]
floozienoun	A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
streetwalkernoun	(informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
street girlnoun	A female streetwalker.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hooker"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
street girlnoun	A female streetwalker.
floozienoun	A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
slatternnoun	(dated) One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.
streetwalkernoun	(informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
floozynoun	Alternative spelling of floozie. [A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.]
hustlernoun	One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.
prostitutenoun	Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
prostitutionnoun	Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
whorenoun	Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
harlotnoun	(derogatory, offensive, dated) A female prostitute.
putanoun	(vulgar, chiefly US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
skanknoun	(derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
hussynoun	A sexually immoral woman.
strippernoun	Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.
trampnoun	(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
escortnoun	An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
tartnoun	A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
goddamnnoun	(vulgar, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A more emphatic form of damn.
damnnoun	(sometimes vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.
jesusnoun	Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.