eng: hook

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means(noun) a catch for locking a door
hook
means(noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
crotchet, hook
means(noun) anything that serves as an enticement
sweetener, come-on, bait, lure, hook
means(noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
claw, hook
means(noun) a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
hook
means(noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
draw, hook, hooking
means(noun) a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
hook
means(noun) a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
hook shot, hook
means(verb) fasten with a hook
hook
means(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price
hook, soak, pluck, gazump, plume, surcharge, rob, fleece, overcharge
means(verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
hook, crochet
means(verb) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
hook
means(verb) take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
glom, hook, cop, knock off, thieve, snitch
means(verb) make off with belongings of others
pilfer, cabbage, hook, pinch, snarf, nobble, filch, swipe, lift, abstract, sneak, purloin
means(verb) hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
hook
means(verb) catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
hook
means(verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
hook, addict
means(verb) secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
hook
means(verb) entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
snare, hook
means(verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
accost, hook, solicit
meanse/Hook (boxing)
meanse/Hook (diacritic)
meanse/Hook (filmmaking)
meanse/Hook (music)
meanse/Hook (rhetoric)

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