hooking

Meanings

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
  • "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
• 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
• catch with a hook
• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
• secure with the foot
• entice and trap
• approach with an offer of sexual favors

Synonyms

abstract, accost, addict, cabbage, cop, crochet, draw, filch, fleece, gazump, glom, hook, knock off, lift, nobble, overcharge, pilfer, pinch, pluck, plume, purloin, rob, snare, snarf, sneak, snitch, soak, solicit, surcharge, swipe, thieve