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. — mkazarian

    ruПовешай своё пальто на крючок. — odexed

    deHäng deinen Mantel an den Haken. — Sudajaengi

  2. Tom put a worm on the hook.

    Том насадив хробака на гачок. — miketheknight

    ruТом насадил червяка на крючок. — sharptoothed

  3. Tom hung his jacket on a hook.

    Том повісив куртку на гачок. — deniko

    ruТом повесил куртку на крючок. — marafon

    deTom hängte seine Jacke an einen Haken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Hang your hat on the hook.

    ruПовесь свою шляпу на крючок. — marafon

    deHänge deinen Hut auf den Haken. — Esperantostern

  5. We let Tom off the hook.

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
hook — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto