hooker
1a person or thing that hooks.
Slang. prostitute.
Slang. a large drink of liquor.
Slang. a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch.
Rugby. a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage.
(initial capital letter)Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to an Amish Mennonite.
Origin of hooker
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Other definitions for hooker (2 of 3)
Slang. any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel.
any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets.
Origin of hooker
2Other definitions for Hooker (3 of 3)
Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
Richard, 1554?–1600, English author and clergyman.
Thomas, 1586?–1647, English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut.
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How to use hooker in a sentence
He turned a young girl into a hooker—and then enlisted his mother to cover up the evidence.
“Expat bankers are definitely into the drugs/hooker scene, and Wan Chai is the very epicenter,” he told The Daily Beast.
Hong Kong’s High-Flying British Psycho Killer Suspect | Nico Hines, Tom Sykes | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe one in Atlantic City with the cop and the hooker and the crazy guy and so forth.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVincent teaches young Oliver how to fight bullies, how to gamble, what a hooker is––you know, the important things in life.
Meet Vincent McKenna, Your New Favorite Bill Murray Character | Alex Suskind | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSurely some of it came from the anger a hooker might rightly feel toward a john.
hooker says he wounded him with a knife, but if that happened it was more probably the act of some kerne.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellSumner and hooker were to use those opposite the town, and Franklin those at Bernard's.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.(p. 185) Lee followed, intending to give battle, but he found hooker in a position of such strength that he hesitated.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.There were frequent rains, which prevented any movement during the winter; but General hooker was not idle.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.It was generally believed in hooker's army that Lee, finding the position too impregnable, was retiring.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
British Dictionary definitions for hooker (1 of 3)
/ (ˈhʊkə) /
a commercial fishing boat using hooks and lines instead of nets
a sailing boat of the west of Ireland formerly used for cargo and now for pleasure sailing and racing
Origin of hooker
1British Dictionary definitions for hooker (2 of 3)
/ (ˈhʊkə) /
a person or thing that hooks
US and Canadian slang
a draught of alcoholic drink, esp of spirits
a prostitute
rugby the central forward in the front row of a scrum whose main job is to hook the ball
British Dictionary definitions for Hooker (3 of 3)
/ (ˈhʊkə) /
John Lee. 1917–2001, US blues singer and guitarist
Sir Joseph Dalton. 1817–1911, British botanist; director of Kew Gardens (1865–85)
Richard. 1554–1600, British theologian, who influenced Anglican theology with The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593–97)
Sir William Jackson. 1785–1865, British botanist; first director of Kew Gardens: father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
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