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hooked

American  
[hookt] / hʊkt /

adjective

  1. bent like a hook; hook-shaped.

  2. having a hook or hooks.

  3. made with a hook or by hooking.

  4. Informal.

    1. addicted to narcotic drugs.

    2. slavishly interested in, devoted to, or obsessed with.

      He was hooked on television.

  5. Slang. married.

hooked British  
/ ˈhʊkɪdnɪs, hʊkt /

adjective

  1. bent like a hook

  2. having a hook or hooks

  3. caught or trapped

  4. a slang word for married

  5. slang addicted to a drug

  6. (often foll by on) obsessed (with)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hooked

before 1000; Middle English hoked, Old English hōkede. See hook 1, -ed 2, -ed 3

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Appeared in the March 7, 2026, print edition as 'We Got Hooked on Fast, Free Shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Hooked on that feeling, he started visiting the venue several times a week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Hooked on houseplants like Monstera, Philodendron and pothos?

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Hooked pinchers hoisted the logs into bus-sized loads for diesel-belching trucks.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2020

Hooked together in earth orbit, the group of three astronauts and two cosmonauts got along fine.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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