Meaning

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

    Haken

    крюкkrjuk, крючо́кkrjučók, гакgak

    гакhak, га́чокháčok

  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.

  5. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

  6. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

    крючо́кkrjučók, хво́стикxvóstik

  7. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

  8. A snare; a trap.

    па́сткаpástka

  9. An advantageous hold.

  10. (in the plural)The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

  11. (informal)Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

    He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.

  12. A field sown two years in succession.

Examples

207 sentences
  1. Hang your coat on the hook.

    Вішайте ваше пальто на гачок.

    ruПовешай своё пальто на крючок.

    deHäng deinen Mantel an den Haken.

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  2. Tom put a worm on the hook.

    Том насадив хробака на гачок.

    ruТом насадил червяка на крючок.

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  3. Tom hung his jacket on a hook.

    Том повісив куртку на гачок.

    ruТом повесил куртку на крючок.

    deTom hängte seine Jacke an einen Haken.

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  4. Hang your hat on the hook.

    ruПовесь свою шляпу на крючок.

    deHänge deinen Hut auf den Haken.

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  5. We let Tom off the hook.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
software feature:
rod bent into a curved shape:
snare, trap:
Русский
By meaning 4
software feature:
rod bent into a curved shape:
loop shaped like a hook under certain letters:
catchy musical phrase:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
rod bent into a curved shape:
catchy musical phrase:

Origin

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Ger

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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Forms

plural: hooks
Singularhook
Pluralhooks

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer:drawhooking
  • a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something:claw
  • a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook:crotchet
  • a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket:hook shot
  • anything that serves as an enticement:baitcome-onluresweetener

Word family

132 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • on the hook
  • off the hook
  • on a hook

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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