hook

Nouns

(n) a catch for locking a door
(n) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook crotchet,
(n) anything that serves as an enticement bait, come-on, lure, sweetener,
(n) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something claw,
(n) a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
(n) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- he took lessons to cure his hooking
hooking, draw,
(n) a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
(n) a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket hook shot,

Verbs

(v) fasten with a hook
(v) rip off; ask an unreasonable price fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, pluck,
(v) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- She sat there crocheting all day
crochet,
(v) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
(v) take by theft
- Someone snitched my wallet!
cop, glom, snitch, thieve, knock off,
(v) make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, pinch, sneak, lift,
(v) hit with a hook
- His opponent hooked him badly
(v) catch with a hook
- hook a fish
(v) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) addict,
(v) secure with the foot
- hook the ball
(v) entice and trap
- The car salesman had snared three potential customers
snare,
(v) approach with an offer of sexual favors
- he was solicited by a prostitute
- The young man was caught soliciting in the park
accost, solicit,

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

unhook undercharge

Words of close approximity

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