hook

Meanings

• a catch for locking a door
• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
• anything that serves as an enticement
• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
  • "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
• fasten with a hook
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price
• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
• take by theft
• make off with belongings of others
• hit with a hook
  • "His opponent hooked him badly"
• catch with a hook
  • "hook a fish"
• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
• secure with the foot
  • "hook the ball"
• entice and trap
• approach with an offer of sexual favors

Synonyms

abstract, accost, addict, bait, cabbage, claw, come-on, cop, crochet, crotchet, draw, filch, fleece, gazump, glom, hook shot, hooking, knock off, lift, lure, nobble, overcharge, pilfer, pinch, pluck, plume, purloin, rob, snare, snarf, sneak, snitch, soak, solicit, surcharge, sweetener, swipe, thieve