Word: hook

Category: hook

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Related words: hook

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Synonyms: hook

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: hook

hook in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
gancho, anzuelo

hook in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
aufhänger, stehlen, haken

hook in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
hameçon, courber, croc, accroc, accrocher, crochet, agrafe, voler

hook in italian

Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
gancio, uncino, rampino, uncinetto, agganciare, uncinare, gancetto

hook in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
casco, enganchar, gancho, anzol

hook in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
haak, spang, slot, haakje

hook in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
зацепка, шип, закуток, крюк, багор, выуживать, зацепить, захватка, гак, серп, зацеплять, выудить, крючок, закорючка

hook in norwegian

Dictionary:
norwegian
Translations:
hekte, hake, krok

hook in swedish

Dictionary:
swedish
Translations:
hake

hook in finnish

Dictionary:
finnish
Translations:
haka, koukata, varastaa, koukku, onki

hook in danish

Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
knage, hægte, medekrog

hook in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
klička, zachytit, skoba, hák, háček, ohnout, udice, zaháknout

hook in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
zahaczać, zagięcie, zaczepiać, haczyk, skrzywić, zahaczyć, zagiąć, ogonek, zaczepić, przyczepiać, hak, krzywić

hook in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
akasztó

hook in turkish

Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
kanca, çengel

hook in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
αγκιστρώνω, γάντζος, άγκιστρο

hook in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
крючок, гачок, серп, гак

hook in estonian

Dictionary:
estonian
Translations:
haakima, löök

hook in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
kuka, udica, saviti, čaklja, zakačiti

hook in icelandic

Dictionary:
icelandic
Translations:
snagi

hook in lithuanian

Dictionary:
lithuanian
Translations:
kabliukas, kablys

hook in latvian

Dictionary:
latvian
Translations:
āķis

hook in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
cârlig

hook in slovenian

Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
obešalnik

hook in slovak

Dictionary:
slovak
Translations:
hák

The meaning and "use of": hook

noun
  • a piece of metal or other material, curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on. - a picture hook
  • a thing designed to catch people's attention. - companies are looking for a sales hook
  • a curved cutting instrument, especially as used for reaping or shearing. - He arranged two lines of men with flails, clubs, pitchforks, sickles, and reaping hooks .
  • a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent, especially in boxing. - a perfectly timed right hook to the chin
  • a curved stroke in handwriting, especially as made in learning to write. - Kurtz notes, ‘The small hooks at the end of the "t" and the "i" indicate a writer who is tenacious, holds on to beliefs, doctrines, ideals.’
  • a curved promontory or sand spit. - The United States owned the entire promontory of Sandy Hook .
verb
  • attach or fasten with a hook or hooks. - the truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate
  • catch with a hook. - he hooked a 24-lb pike
  • strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently. - To draw or hook a golf ball, you must have fast hands.
  • push (the ball) backward with the foot from the front line in a scrum. - This is done by hooking the ball with the soft swinging motion of one of the feet as the teams 8-man scrum pack pushes forward to give the hooker more room to hook the ball.

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