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
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spanish
Translations:
gancho, anzuelo
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german
Translations:
aufhänger, stehlen, haken
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french
Translations:
hameçon, courber, croc, accroc, accrocher, crochet, agrafe, voler
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italian
Translations:
gancio, uncino, rampino, uncinetto, agganciare, uncinare, gancetto
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portuguese
Translations:
casco, enganchar, gancho, anzol
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dutch
Translations:
haak, spang, slot, haakje
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russian
Translations:
зацепка, шип, закуток, крюк, багор, выуживать, зацепить, захватка, гак, серп, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
hekte, hake, krok
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swedish
Translations:
hake
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finnish
Translations:
haka, koukata, varastaa, koukku, onki
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danish
Translations:
knage, hægte, medekrog
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czech
Translations:
klička, zachytit, skoba, hák, háček, ohnout, udice, zaháknout
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polish
Translations:
zahaczać, zagięcie, zaczepiać, haczyk, skrzywić, zahaczyć, zagiąć, ogonek, zaczepić, przyczepiać, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
akasztó
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turkish
Translations:
kanca, çengel
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greek
Translations:
αγκιστρώνω, γάντζος, άγκιστρο
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ukrainian
Translations:
крючок, гачок, серп, гак
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estonian
Translations:
haakima, löök
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croatian
Translations:
kuka, udica, saviti, čaklja, zakačiti
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icelandic
Translations:
snagi
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lithuanian
Translations:
kabliukas, kablys
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latvian
Translations:
āķis
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romanian
Translations:
cârlig
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slovenian
Translations:
obešalnik
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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 .
- 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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