hooked

[hookt]

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

/ 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)

Other Word Forms

• hookedness noun
• subhooked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hooked¹

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

Example Sentences

His knife-wielding arm buckled and somehow—it was good luck for Ashton, but bad for Simon!—hooked itself ’round Simon’s neck, with the gleaming knife edge pressed against the young bard’s throat.

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These platforms are showing us what keeps us hooked.

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It’s a Sheridan, “Landman” kind of TV world, and a lot of powerful people hope we’ll get hooked on how messily it unfolds.

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Much talk in the Australian media has centred on Root's lack of a Test century in this country and his preparations were curtailed when he hooked Matthew Potts to mid-wicket for one.

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When a social worker spoke to Sharif, he lied and said Sara had marks from being hooked up to machinery when she was born, the review said.

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