Origin of hook
1hook
2verb (used without object)
Origin of hook
2Related Words for hook
curve, fasten, fix, pin, angle, holder, lock, crook, grapple, link, catch, peg, hasp, clasp, grapnel, secure, entrap, ensnare, bag, enmeshExamples from the Web for hook
Contemporary Examples of hook
“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.
Zuckerberg himself has bragged that he is able to predict which site members will hook up with whom based on their site activity.
In the near term, the state will only be on the hook for 10 percent of its costs by 2020.
After six months of intermittent interrogations and several lie detector tests, Elahi got off the hook.
Historical Examples of hook
As we came into the Hook, we were hailed by a gun-boat, and heard of the "Little Embargo."
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
He had been lightly hooked on the angle of the right jaw, and the hook had not wearied him.
American NotesRudyard Kipling
Mrs. Wilson put down her hook again, and leaned back in her chair.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
Seizing a match-box, he struck a light and held it to the hook.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
I am an outlaw, and get my living by hook and by crook in a manner it boots not now to tell of.
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle