Hooks

[ hooks ]

/ hʊks /

noun

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

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DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!

We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?

Question 1 of 11

Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

crow

piranha

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Words nearby Hooks

Hooke's law, hook, line, and sinker, hooknose, Hook of Holland, hook or crook, Hooks, hook shot, hookswinging, hooktender, hook-tip, hookup

Example sentences from the Web for Hooks

Once a month he attaches a device to his chest, clamps metal bracelets on his wrists, and hooks the whole thing up to a telephone.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We kept going up until we found ourselves in a vast Sharkarama, a huge loft with fake sharks hung from hooks everywhere.
My Time on the Set of 'Jaws,' or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin' Mechanical Shark|Tom Shales|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a whole, Paula is neither catchy enough for the charts nor inventive enough to justify its shortage of hooks.
Robin Thicke’s ‘Paula’ Is What You Shouldn’t Do When You Get Dumped|Andrew Romano|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, with wind blowing him out horizontal under the wing, he hooks a boot on that balky wheel, kicks the mother home.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But I did a lot of stuff before “Gentleman,” so this song is sort of a mash-up of my previous 10 tracks and 10 hooks.
Psy on New Single ‘Gentleman,’ Kim Jong-un, Justin Bieber & More|Marlow Stern|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He jerked the ladder from side to side till the hooks above lost their hold and it fell, so that he drew it in.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane|Charles W. Whistler
He made, it would seem, few new friends, though he grappled his old ones as 'with hooks of steel.'
Hours in a Library|Leslie Stephen
The only place to hang clothing was the back of the door, into which hooks had been screwed.
The Hills of Refuge|Will N. Harben
By way of wardrobe accommodation, the back of the door was generously studded with hooks for hanging clothes.
The Call of the Town|John Alexander Hammerton
All the two thousand hooks pass four times through the hands of the men on the lugger.
Tommy Tregennis|Mary Elizabeth Phillips

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