Meaning

21 senses
  1. (transitive)To attach a hook to.

    Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

    haken

    fasten with a hook

  2. (intransitive)To become attached, as by a hook.

    The utensil holder hooks onto the side of the dishrack.

    зацепля́тьсяzacepljátʹsja, зацепи́тьсяzacepítʹsja

    catch with a hook

  3. (transitive)To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

    He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

    haken

    упійма́тиupijmáty, злови́тиzlovýty

    hit with a hook

  4. (transitive)To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

  5. (transitive)To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

    He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.

  6. (transitive)To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

    She's only here to try to hook a husband.

    A free trial is a good way to hook customers.

  7. (transitive)To connect (hook into, hook together).

    If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.

    einhaken

    соединя́тьsojedinjátʹ

    поєдна́тиpojednáty, з'єдна́тиzʺjednáty

  8. To make addicted; to captivate.

    He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

    I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked.

    подса́живатьpodsáživatʹ, подсади́тьpodsadítʹ

    make off with belongings of others

  9. To acquire as a spouse.

  10. To play a hook shot.

  11. To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

  12. To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player

    The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

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

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to catch with a hook:
to connect:
Русский
By meaning 3
(intransitive) to become attached, as by a hook:
to connect:
to make addicted:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to attach a hook to:
to connect:

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

hooks, hooking, hooked, hooked
Base formhook · to hook
3rd person singularhooks
Present participlehooking
Past simplehooked
Past participlehooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhook
he, she, ithooks

Past simpleLesson

all personshooked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hooked
he, she, ithas hooked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hook

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

29 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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