hook
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
Noun 4 meanings
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
Verb 4 meanings
To attach a hook to.
“Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.”
To become attached, as by a hook.
“The utensil holder hooks onto the side of the dishrack.”
To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
“He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.”
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
Etymology
From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
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HOOK at a glance
HOOK has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + O 1 + K 5) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,742 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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