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      hook
      noun
      A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
      A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
      Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
      The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
      The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
      A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
      A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
      A snare; a trap.
      An advantageous hold.
      (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
      (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
      (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
      (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
      (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
      (bridge, slang) A finesse.
      (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
      A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
      (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
      (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
      (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
      (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
      (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
      (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
      Senses relating to sports.
      (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.
      (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
      (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.)
      The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
      (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
      (slang) A prostitute.
      (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
      A surname.
      A number of places in the United Kingdom:
      A hamlet in Wimblington parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF4293).
      A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3005).
      A village and civil parish near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7625).
      A suburb in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1865).
      A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254).
      A hamlet in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5005).
      A hamlet in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6758).
      A village in Lydiard Tregoze parish, near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0784).
      A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9711).
      A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River.
      Alternative form of Hoek (“member of Dutch faction”) [(historical, chiefly in the plural) In the Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490, a member of the more conservative faction consisting mostly of nobles.]
      (typography, rare) A háček.
      (UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
      (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
      verb
      (transitive) To attach a hook to.
      (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
      (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
      (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
      (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
      (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
      (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
      (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
      To acquire as a spouse.
      (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
      (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
      (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
      (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
      (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
      (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
      (bridge, slang) To finesse.
      (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
      (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
      (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
      (UK, US, slang, archaic) To steal.
      Synonyms for hook
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