Hook is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HOOK in dictionary:

VERB:
• to catch with a bent piece of metal
• attach or fasten with a hook or hooks
• bend into the shape of a hook so as to fasten around or to an object
• catch with a hook
• attract and hold the attention of; captivate
• steal
• hit (the ball) round to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height; hit a ball delivered by (the bowler) with such a stroke.
• strike (the ball) so that it deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently.
• secure (the ball) and pass it backwards with the foot in the scrum.
• run away
• (of a woman) work as a prostitute.
• To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
• To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
• To steal.
• To bend; to curve as a hook.
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price
• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
• take by theft
• make off with belongings of others
• hit with a hook
• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
• secure with the foot
• entice and trap
• approach with an offer of sexual favors
• fasten or catch (as if) with a hook
• punch one's opponent with the elbow bent and rigid
NOUN:
• a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on
• a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish.
• a catchy chorus or repeated instrumental passage in a piece of popular music
• a curved cutting instrument, especially as used for reaping or shearing.
• a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent and rigid, especially in boxing
• a stroke made to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height.
• a stroke which makes the ball deviate in flight in the direction of the follow-through (from right to left for a right-handed player), typically inadvertently.
• a curved stroke in handwriting.
• an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver or other note.
• a curved promontory or sand spit.
• curved object used to hang, hold, or pull something
• A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
• That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
• An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
• See Eccentric, and V-hook.
• A snare; a trap.
• A field sown two years in succession.
• The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
• a catch for locking a door
• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
• anything that serves as an enticement
• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
• a thing designed to catch people's attention
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to catch with a hook (a bent piece of metal)

Words related to HOOK

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Words that contain HOOK

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How to use HOOK in a sentence

• Carrying them home to his small forge, he cut the rod into equal lengths of a little over two feet, and made a hook at both ends of each length.
• A couple of cuts are almost enough to make a fork, a pair of tongs or a hook.
• Without removing it from the hook, he came up the bank to where I was seated.
• Bill coral-red with a black tip, slender and very sharp, without any hook at the end.
• Then their heads were just visible as they stood upright, but when they stooped to use the hook they disappeared.
• He was always sure to succeed, wherever and whenever he went out with his hook and line.
• It was certainly an island in revolutionary times, for when Lord Howe retreated from the battle of Monmouth by the Navesink road he built a bridge to Sandy Hook Island.
• Such a passion hides among a thousand temptations a dart-like hook which is most apt to catch the lofty soul of an artist.
• I unfastened the little golden hook and inside was a face good to see and to remember.
• Thompson saw then that the man had a steel hook where his left hand should have been.
• Hook, whom I have the honour of reckoning among my friends.
• The Sergeant flew into a rage and swore at him and told him to sling his bloody hook.
• He then pulled all he was able until either the line or the hook was broken, or his jaw was torn into strips.
• I know no place that will give you a more accurate notion of this celebrated port than Powles Hook.
• Drill a hole through the top end of B and attach a wire formed into a hook for use in hanging on a nail.
• Not long after, Harry Lee stormed Paulus Hook with equal success, and the British were checked and arrested, if they intended any extensive movement.
• The pulpit, a memorial to Dean Hook, was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott.
• He procured a huge iron hook with a sharp point to it, tied it to a rope and put three or four pounds of fresh beef on the hook.
• A piece of clean, fine copper wire is so attached to the bulb that it can be hung from the hook above a balance pan, or other support.
• The crew of the Coquette were now enabled to see, with sufficient distinctness, from the sands of the Hook to the distance of many leagues to seaward.
• The notion has taken hold of Corkey that, by some hook or crook, Lockwin will get out and Corkey will get in.
• At the upper portion of the box there is mounted the hook switch, this being, in this case, of the short lever type.
• Tom finally promised to secure her photograph by hook or by crook, and to show it to them.

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