n. 25B6; noun
she hung her jacket on the hook : PEG.
the dress has six hooks : FASTENER, fastening, catch, clasp, hasp, clip, pin.
I had a fish on the end of my hook : FISH-HOOK, barb, snare.
a right hook to the chin : PUNCH, blow, hit, cuff, thump, smack; Scottish & N. English skelp; informal belt, bop, biff, sock, clout, whack, wallop, slug; N. Amer. informal boff.
25B6; verb
they hooked baskets onto the ladder : ATTACH, hitch, fasten, fix, secure, clasp.
he hooked his thumbs in his belt : CURL, bend, crook, loop, curve.
he hooked a 24 lb pike : CATCH, land, net, take, bag, snare, trap.
25A0; by hook or by crook BY ANY MEANS, somehow (or other), no matter how, in one way or another, by fair means or foul.
25A0; hook, line, and sinker COMPLETELY, totally, utterly, entirely, wholly, absolutely, through and through, one hundred per cent, {lock, stock, and barrel}.
25A0; off the hook (informal) OUT OF TROUBLE, in the clear, free; acquitted, cleared, reprieved, exonerated, absolved; informal let off.