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Hooks

/hʊks/

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 "Hooks"

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.

verb

1
To attach a hook to.
"Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away."
2
To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
"He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water."
3
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
4
To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
"He hooked his fingers through his belt loops."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hooks"

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Word	Definition
crochetnoun	(sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
knock offnoun	Nonstandard form of knockoff. [(often attributive) An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually of lower quality and price than the original.]
mittnoun	An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
fleecenoun	(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
soaknoun	An immersion in water etc.
swipenoun	(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
plucknoun	(informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
maulernoun	One who mauls.
liftnoun	An act of lifting or raising.
pinchnoun	The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
glomnoun	(medicine, colloquial) Clipping of glomerulus. [(anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine]
drawnoun	That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
snarfverb	(transitive, slang) To eat or consume greedily.
addictnoun	A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
robnoun	A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
sweetenernoun	Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
thieveverb	(intransitive) To commit theft.
filchnoun	An act of filching; larceny, theft.
purloinverb	(transitive, usually formal or humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
pilferverb	(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.