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verb

Hook v. t. (past & past part. hooked; pres. part. hooking)

To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. "Hook him, my poor dear,... at any sacrifice."

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

To steal. (Colloq. Eng. & U.S.)

To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.

Hook v. i.

To bend; to curve as a hook.

To move or go with a sudden turn; hence (Slang or Prov. Eng.), To make off; to clear out; often with it. "Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it."

adjective

Hooked adj.

Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot."

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Etymology of 'Hooked'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hooked" Quotes from Famous Books

... where we can have hooked noses, black or red beards, and bow legs, without being despised for it; where we can live at last as free men on our own soil, and where we can die peacefully in our own fatherland. There we can expect the award of honor for great deeds, so that the offensive ...

— The Jewish State • Theodor Herzl

... carefully made from many aromatic herbs. Agrimony was at one time included in the London Materia Medica as a vulnerary herb. It bears the title of Cockleburr, or Sticklewort, because its seed vessels cling by the hooked ends of their stiff hairs to any person or animal coming into contact with the plant. A strong decoction of the root and leaves, sweetened with honey, has been taken successfully to cure scrofulous sores, being administered two or three times a day in doses of a wineglassful ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

... sheet-iron on the snow, the brute makes a dive, and you make a flop, you grab the nearest thing grabable—ear, leg, or bunch of hair—and do your best to catch his throat, after which, everything is easy. Slip the harness over the head, push the fore-paws through, and there you are, one dog hooked up and harnessed. After licking the bites and sucking the blood, you tie said dog to a rock and start for the next one. It is only a question of time before you have your team. When you have them, leave them ...

— A Negro Explorer at the North Pole • Matthew A. Henson

... v. n. To become entangled or hooked together; to hitch up, to hang up or be suspended. See the ...

— The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire • James Jennings

... expected to see an unpleasant, even a vicious apparition with the mark of the beast unmistakably upon its face; but he was wholly unprepared for the elderly, tall, fine-looking man who stood in front of him—well-groomed, refined, vigorous, with a lofty forehead, clear grey eyes, and a hooked nose dominating a clean shaven mouth and chin of considerable character—a distinguished looking ...

— The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories • Algernon Blackwood

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