I. ˈhāk noun
( plural hake also hakes )
Etymology: Middle English
1. : any of several fishes (the genus Merluccius ) that are related to the cods but often regarded as forming a separate family and several of which are of importance as food fishes
2. : any of various marine fishes of Urophycis and related genera (family Gadidae) resembling the cod and having narrow filamentous pelvic fins placed under the throat — called also codling ; compare silver hake , squirrel hake , stockfish , white hake
3. : northern whiting
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to fish for hake
III. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English haken
1. chiefly Scotland : to wander around idly : loaf
2. chiefly Scotland : to trudge or tramp — often used with about or around
IV. noun
( -s )
: a person in the habit of haking
V. ˈ(h)āk noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic haki hook — more at hook
1. dialect England : hook ; especially : pothook 1
2. dialect England : a clevis of a plow
VI. noun
or haik ˈhāk
( -s )
Etymology: probably by alteration
: hack III 2