hooker
One who, or that which, hooksOne who, or that which, hooks.
» You're being played by a hooker.
Meaning
10 sensesOne who, or that which, hooks.
A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
Hakler
(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
A crocheter.
(dated, informal)Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
(US, slang)A prostitute.
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
(dated, slang)An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.
A small fishing boat.
(derogatory, slang)Any antiquated craft.
(archaic)A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
Examples
12 sentencesYou're being played by a hooker.
Layla knew all the hookers of the neighborhood.
You can't find a job if you're dressed like a hooker.
The hooker is old.
deDie Nutte ist alt.
Rima is a hooker.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unknown. The "prostitute" sense is the subject of a folk etymology connecting it to GeneUnknown. The "prostitute" sense is the subject of a folk etymology connecting it to General Hooker of the American Civil War, but the earliest known use dates to 1835, decades before the war. Less implausibly, it has also been connected to a coastal feature called a hook (“A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey, Red Hook in New York”) in the ports of New York and Baltimore. Carefully learned inference is not conclusive. See this essay, pp 105ff.
From Dutch hoeker, an alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot, from hoec + boot.
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Forms
plural: hookersSynonyms
14 synonyms- English theologian (1554-1600):Richard Hooker
- United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879):Joseph HookerFighting Joe Hooker
- a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets:streetwalkerstreet girlhustlerfloozyfloozieslattern