HOOK


Meaning of HOOK in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A ~ is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up.

One of his jackets hung from a ~.

...curtain ~s...

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ one thing to another, you attach it there using a ~. If something ~s somewhere, it can be ~ed there.

Paul ~ed his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety.

...one of those can openers that ~ed onto the wall.

VERB: V n to/onto n, V onto n, also V n prep, V prep

3.

If you ~ your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a ~ round the object in order to move it or hold it.

She latched on to his arm, ~ing her other arm around a tree...

VERB: V n prep

4.

If you ~ a fish, you catch it with a ~ on the end of a line.

At the first cast I ~ed a huge fish.

VERB: V n

5.

A ~ is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match.

Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock’s big left ~.

N-COUNT: usu adj N

6.

If you are ~ed into something, or ~ into something, you get involved with it. (mainly AM)

I’m guessing again now because I’m not ~ed into the political circles...

Eager to ~ into a career but can’t find one right for you?

VERB: be/get V-ed into n, V into n

7.

If you ~ into the Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it.

...an interactive media tent where people will be able to ~ into the internet.

VERB: V into n

Hook up means the same as ~ .

...a UK firm that lets Britons ~ up to the Internet.

PHRASAL VERB: V P to n

8.

If someone gets off the ~ or is let off the ~, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. (INFORMAL)

His opponents have no intention of letting him off the ~ until he agrees to leave office immediately.

PHRASE: V inflects

9.

If you take a phone off the ~, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring.

PHRASE: PHR after v

10.

If your phone is ringing off the ~, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. (AM)

Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the ~.

PHRASE: V inflects

11.

by ~ or by crook: see crook

~, line, and sinker: see sinker

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