Hooks

[hooks]

noun

1. Benjamin Lawson, 1925–2010, U.S. lawyer, clergyman, and civil rights advocate: executive director of the NAACP 1977–93.

Example Sentences

Both Queensland and NSW also use drumlines, which are baited hooks that are anchored in place.

From BBC

“Moon Safari” set a new benchmark for upmarket French pop, with singles like “Sexy Boy” and “Kelly Watch the Stars” proving they had chops for hooks as well.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s probably one of the No. 1 things we see for animals that come to us needing care, is some sort of fishing interaction, whether that be discarded lines or hooks,” Stevens said.

From Los Angeles Times

When they hatch, the maggots — which are called screwworms — “have these little sharp teeth or hooks in their mouths, and they chomp away at the flesh and burrow,” Chin-Hong said.

From Los Angeles Times

Dua Lipa's Barbie anthem Dance The Night was rewritten "five or six times with different hooks".

From BBC