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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.
  • A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.
  • A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. ''g'' and ''j''.
  • Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook
  • A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  • baseball A curveball.
  • basketball A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
  • boxing A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.
  • cricket A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
  • golf A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
  • informal Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
  • slang A jack (the playing card)
  • software A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

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Verb:

  • intransitive|slang To engage in prostitution.
  • golf To play a hook shot.
  • ice hockey To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
  • '''hook up:''' slang To have sexual intercourse with.
  • '''hook up:''' To meet.
  • transitive To attach a hook to.
  • transitive To catch with a hook (''hook a fish'').
  • transitive To connect (''hook into'', ''hook together'').
  • transitive To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.
  • (Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

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