Hook

What do we mean by hook?

A curved or sharply bent device, usually of metal, used to catch, drag, suspend, or fasten something else. noun

A fishhook. noun

Something shaped like a hook, especially. noun

A curved or barbed plant or animal part. noun

A short angled or curved line on a letter. noun

A sickle. noun

A sharp bend or curve, as in a river. noun

A point or spit of land with a sharply curved end. noun

A means of catching or ensnaring; a trap. noun

A means of attracting interest or attention; an enticement. noun

A catchy motif or refrain. noun

A short swinging blow in boxing delivered with a crooked arm. noun

The course of a ball that curves in a direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player. noun

A stroke that sends a ball on such a course. noun

A ball propelled on such a course. noun

In surfing, the lip of a breaking wave. 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.

(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

Removal or expulsion from a group or activity

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.

(authorship) 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.

A finesse.

A jack (the playing card).

A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

A ship's anchor.

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.

A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

A háček.

Senses relating to sports.

Words that are spelled similarly to hook:
hook.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hook:
sinker, hooks, ladder, crook, bait, emma, norton, crocodile, regina, cod, holland, canvas, punch, chorus, referee, pan, rope, shooting, sandy, elementary, brooklyn, pull, lighthouse, blade, loop, melody, catch, verse, fish, shots, attached, ferry, fishing, delaware, jersey, terminal.

Words that rhyme with hook:
book, look, outlook, overlook, crook, cook, brook, nook, rook, chinook, snook, shook, mook, gobbledygook, took, textbook, zook, donnybrook, notebook, forsook, logbook, chook, handbook, gook, cookbook, brooke, pocketbook, quook, yearbook, guidebook, mistook, scrapbook, checkbook, cooke, undertook, inglenook, flook, storybook, schnook, plook, hooke, blue book, passbook, hornbook, strook, comic book, overcook, rulebook, overtook, unhook, black book, precook, sketchbook, stroock, overbook, rebook, schoolbook, bankbook, shnook, take a look, retook, have a look, phone book, kirkuk, white book, tooke, good book, commonplace book, sihanouk, closed book, matchbook, reference book, account book, westbrook, coloring book, holbrook, sourcebook, blook, pastry cook, willowbrook, by hook or by crook, day book, prayer book, rooke, seabrook, fake book, talking book, order book, trade book, undercook, mccook, picture book, mug book, powerbook, redbook, phrase book, minute book, appointment book, source book, statute book.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hook:
own, left, small, large, baited, right, single, blunt, off, sharp, little, double, long, strong, big, pruning, reaping, barbed, curved, short, treble, bare, fine, heavy, sheep, wooden, shaped, tiny, upper, standard, fish, sandy, pointed, barbless, terminal, golden, lip, ordinary, empty, smaller, bent, gorge, stout, rusty, eyed, powerful, pronged, huge, slight, sized, apical, top, fly, naked, iris, text, movable, front, shark, shanked, sky, hand, convenient, the, grappling, meat, handled, flat, bottom, bait, pin.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hook:
worm, ups, nose, ladder, gauge, costigan, eye, swinging, loop, beak, tip, worms, fiber, climbers, billed, tooth, nikanne, rod, the, bolt, bolts, dewey, fibers, holland, norton, pin, escutcheon, ornament, lying, and, collector, line, nosed, bill, headed, finger, gage, dog, fishing, load, jeeves, eastman, integrals, tender, tools, type, needle, harwich, link, arm, superx, curb.

Consonant match to hook:
hack, hawk, hoc, hock, hike, heck, hake, hick, hoke, huck, houk, hoick, hauke, hooke, haik, hawke, haq, hauck, haque, hok, howk, hoak, haak, hoch, haccp, haick, hoek, hauk, houck, haack, hacke, haake, herk, hoeck, haacke, heeke, heick, hoock, hucke, huyck.

Words that sound like hook:
hook, hooke, hawk, hike, hack, heck, hick, huck, hock, hoke, hake, hic, hoc, hok, hik, hawke, haik, hak, hauk, hacke, hoch, hec, hoq, hek, houck, huk, hoak, hi-c, hac, howk, haq, hhok, hocke, hauck, hoek, haque, houk, holk, heike, hech, hyke, hecke, haack, haak, hoik, hoick, hauke, huc, haick, haake, hoeck, hacc, heq, hiq, huic, hyk, hjk, herc, wook, herk, hrc, hnc, hog, hooked, hooker, hag, hookah, hooks, hooky, hooka, hig, hague, hookie, hogg, hookey, haig, hogh, hoog, hoag, haag, haug, hogue, hagg, heg, hawg, hogge, hoeg, hck, hegg, hegge, hagge, heeg, houg, hcc, hueco, hoogh, hqt, hlk, hhc, hqe.