HOOKED


Meaning of HOOKED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hʊkt ]

1.

If you describe something as hooked , you mean that it is shaped like a hook.

He was thin and tall, with a hooked nose.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If you are hooked on something, you enjoy it so much that it takes up a lot of your interest and attention. ( INFORMAL )

Many of the leaders have become hooked on power and money...

ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft ADJ on n

3.

If you are hooked on a drug, you are addicted to it. ( INFORMAL )

He spent a number of years hooked on cocaine, heroin and alcohol.

ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft ADJ on n

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