hooked
Americanadjective
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bent like a hook; hook-shaped.
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having a hook or hooks.
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made with a hook or by hooking.
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Informal.
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addicted to narcotic drugs.
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slavishly interested in, devoted to, or obsessed with.
He was hooked on television.
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Slang. married.
adjective
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bent like a hook
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having a hook or hooks
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caught or trapped
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a slang word for married
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slang addicted to a drug
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(often foll by on) obsessed (with)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hooked
before 1000; Middle English hoked, Old English hōkede. See hook 1, -ed 2, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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"Just as we were heading home we spotted a group of birds, so we went to try and have a look around there and that's when we hooked into one," said Gardner.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Eventually, the companies hit on the solution: Get the customers hooked.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
A high-school dropout, Sumner is a former Thiel Fellow who founded a software tool kit for developers and sold his startup to Anthropic last year, when he became hooked on Claude Code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
An 8-foot hammerhead was briefly hooked by two fishermen on the Malibu pier that year, prompting lifeguards to warn kayakers, surfers and paddlers in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
She went first, demonstrating how to swing out to the middle, before she brought her knees to her chest, hooked her legs over the bar’s edge, and pulled herself up to a seated position.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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