fishhook

American  

[fish-hook] / ˈfɪʃˌhʊk /

noun

1. a hook used in fishing.

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Etymology

Origin of fishhook

First recorded in 1350–1400, fishhook is from the Middle English word fischhook. See fish, hook ¹

Example Sentences

While the team didn't set out to find an early ecdysozoan during their 2018 excavation, they were drawn to a mysterious worm-like impression that they dubbed "fishhook."

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Billowing white clouds drifted off burnt-brown hills bristling with branched and twisted Joshua trees and fishhook cactus.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2022

Mr. Weddle paid Mr. Elden’s parents $200 for the picture, which was later altered to show the baby chasing a dollar, dangling from a fishhook.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2021

Jake Fromm, Georgia’s sophomore quarterback, broke his non-throwing hand in a freak boating accident this offseason — this after previously landing in the ER with a fishhook stuck in his leg.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2018

“If I were you,” said George, “I should bend a hairpin in the shape of a fishhook and tie it onto a piece of string and try to fish the ring out with it.”

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White