Hooks

American  

[hooks] / hʊks /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

On her breakout 2017 hit with Bad Bunny, “Ahora Me Llama,” she brought both formidable bars as an MC and a poignantly melodic touch to that trap brooder. 2020’s “Bichota” became a mission-statement single for its bulletproof confidence and how she packed every line with fresh filigrees of hooks.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s not uncommon for vehicle owners to leave their key fobs near front or back doors, on hooks or in bowls where they can grab them on their way out and leave them when they return home.

From Los Angeles Times

The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal

Therrien’s beards — fashioned from synthetic hair, plaster, stainless steel or aluminum — hang on wardrobe stands from hooks that would go over the wearer’s ears as part of a costume.

From Los Angeles Times

"Normally, you'd process each parcel one by one. Our optical computing method merges all parcels and all machines together -- we create multiple 'optical hooks' that connect each input to its correct output. With just one operation, one pass of light, all inspections and sorting happen instantly and in parallel."

From Science Daily