hook
1noun
- the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck.
- a ball describing such a path.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- (of a player) to hook the ball.
- (of a ball) to describe a hook in course.
Verb Phrases
- to fasten with a hook or hooks.
- to assemble or connect, as the components of a machine: to hook up a stereo system.
- to connect to a central source, as of power or water: The house hasn't been hooked up to the city's water system yet.
- Informal. to join, meet, or become associated with: He never had a decent job until he hooked up with this company.
- Informal. to have casual sex or a romantic date without a long-term commitment: He doesn't know her very well, but he hooked up with her a couple of times.
Idioms for hook
- out of trouble; released from some difficulty: This time there was no one around to get him off the hook.
- free of obligation: Her brother paid all her bills and got her off the hook.
- Slang. extremely or shockingly excellent: Wow, that song is off the hook!
- obliged; committed; involved: He's already on the hook for $10,000.
- subjected to a delaying tactic; waiting: We've had him on the hook for two weeks now.
Origin of hook
1OTHER WORDS FROM hook
hook·less, adjective hook·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hook
penance pennantsWords nearby hook
Definition for hook (2 of 2)
verb (used without object)
Origin of hook
2Example sentences from the Web for hook
“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.
Zuckerberg himself has bragged that he is able to predict which site members will hook up with whom based on their site activity.
In the near term, the state will only be on the hook for 10 percent of its costs by 2020.
Arkansas’s Blue Collar Social Conservatives Don’t Know What’s Coming |Monica Potts |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Our 18 working groups are a terrific resource to elected officials, whether they are running for president or not,” said Hook.
Exclusive: Romney Foreign Policy Team Is Schooling 2016's Republicans |Josh Rogin |September 8, 2014 |DAILY BEASTMr. Force got up, took an overcoat from a hook on the wall and hung it against the door.
Her Mother's Secret |Emma D. E. N. SouthworthIt is pear-shaped, about five-eighths of an inch long, and mounted with a gold top, and a hook to pass through the ear.
Jewellery |H. Clifford Smith,Within a mile ahead of us; but to enter the Hook, the bar must be crossed a league or two off.
Homeward Bound |James Fenimore CooperAfter "setting the hook" securely, Carol and Bill donned swim suits, dove overboard and swam lazily the 300 yards in to shore.
The Day of the Dog |Anderson HorneI cut the hook out with a knife making a big hole in the coat, and cast again.
British Dictionary definitions for hook
noun
- a sharp bend or angle in a geological formation, esp a river
- a sharply curved spit of land
- slang out of danger; free from obligation or guilt
- (of a telephone receiver) not on the support, so that incoming calls cannot be received
- waiting
- in a dangerous or difficult situation
verb
Derived forms of hook
hookless, adjective hooklike, adjectiveWord Origin for hook
Idioms and Phrases with hook
In addition to the idioms beginning with hook
- hook or crook
- hook up
also see:
- by hook or crook
- off the hook
- on one's own account (hook)