hook

Related to hook: hook up

hook

1. noun, slang A means of captivating or attracting others, especially a potential customer or consumer; a gimmick. The movie's hook at the time was its incredible computer-generated graphics. Unfortunately, the visual effects look pretty laughable by today's standards. You've always got to have a hook when you're trying to sell something.
2. verb, slang To attract (someone). The company offers a huge range of benefits in order to hook the most talented people in the industry.
3. verb, slang To captivate (someone). Her latest novel hooked me from the very first page.
4. verb, informal To addict (someone). He got hooked on heroin in college.
5. verb, informal To prostitute oneself. It's not uncommon to see women hooking in this area at night.

hook it

1. To flee or run away. This usage is primarily heard in the UK. We hooked it when we heard police sirens advancing.
2. To solicit and accept a car ride from someone, usually a stranger; to hitchhike. The phrase refers to the thumb (used to attract a passing driver's attention) as a "hook." If the bus isn't running today, what are we going to do, hook it?
See also: hook

hooked

1. slang Addicted to a particular substance or activity. Yeah, I used to be hooked, but my gambling days are long behind me. I've smoked pot before, but I'm not hooked or anything.
2. slang Very interested in or infatuated with someone or something; constantly desiring more of or more time with someone or something. I never thought I'd like a show like "Game of Thrones," but I just finished the first season and I'm hooked. Oh, Dave's eyes light up whenever you're around—he's definitely hooked. The new bakery in town makes these amazing cupcakes, and I'm totally hooked.

hooks

slang One's hands. Get your damn hooks off of me—who do you think you are? I can never open tiny clasps like this with these giant hooks of mine.
See also: hook
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hook it

run away. British informal
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hook

1. tv. to cheat someone. Watch the clerk in that store. He might try to hook you.
2. tv. to steal something. Lefty hooked a couple of candy bars just for the hell of it.
3. tv. to addict someone (to something). (Not necessarily drugs.) The constant use of bicarb hooked him to the stuff.
4. n. the grade of C. I didn’t study at all and I still got a hook!
5. tv. to earn or pull the grade of C on something in school. History? I hooked it without any trouble.

hook it

tv. to get a ride by hitchhiking. (The hook is the thumb. Compare to foot it.) My car broke down and I had to hook it home.
See also: hook

hooked

verb
See hooked on someone/something

hooked

verb
See hooked on something

hooks

n. the hands. (see also meathooks. Probably a shortening of shit hooks.) Don’t stand there with your hooks in your pocket. Get busy!
See also: hook
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  • (as) crooked as a fish hook
  • be given the hook
  • be off the hook
  • be on the hook
  • be ringing off the hook
  • by hook or (by) crook
  • by hook or by crook
  • by hook or crook
  • crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  • drop off the hooks
  • fall for (someone or something) hook, line, and sinker
  • fall for someone hook, line and sinker
  • fall for something hook, line and sinker
  • get (one) off the hook
  • get (one's) hooks in
  • get (one's) hooks into (someone or something)
  • get hooks in
  • get one’s hooks into someone
  • get one’s hooks into something
  • get somebody off the hook
  • get the ax
  • get the hook
  • get your hooks into somebody
  • get your hooks into someone
  • give (someone) the hook
  • go off the hooks
  • hook
  • hook (something) onto (someone or something)
  • hook down
  • hook in
  • hook in(to something)
  • hook into
  • hook it
  • hook on
  • hook oneself on
  • hook shop
  • hook something down
  • hook up
  • hook up with
  • hook up with (someone)
  • hook, line and sinker
  • hook, line, and sinker
  • hooks
  • let (one) off the hook
  • let somebody off the hook
  • let someone off the hook
  • meathooks
  • off the hook
  • off the hook, to get/to be let
  • off the hooks
  • on (one's) own hook
  • on one’s own hook
  • on one's own account
  • on own hook
  • on the hook
  • on the hook for
  • on your own hook
  • ring off the hook
  • shithooks
  • sink the hook
  • sky hook
  • skyhook
  • sling (one's) hook
  • sling your hook
  • swallow (something) hook, line, and sinker
  • swallow hook, line, and sinker
  • wriggle off the hook
  • you need to bait the hook to catch the fish
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It is common knowledge among serious anglers, that not all hooks are made equal, and quite often the hooks fitted to cross-the-counter purchased lures, will need some tweaking, or maybe even changing if they are to be effective.
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The question usually is answered with the appropriate physics involved, both for the natural and the reverse hook.
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Objective: Type III acromioclavicular joint dislocation is treated by various methods including hook plate, pinning and fixiation by a screw.
Comparison of the efficacy of hook plate versus pinning in treatment of acute acromioclavicular joint dislocation
"Hook ups" are one common type of casual sexual experience in studies of traditionally-aged White American heterosexual college students (e.g., Bogle, 2008; Flack et al., 2007).
Moving in and hooking up: women's and men's casual sexual experiences during the first two months of college
The two dorsoventrally opposed halves of the unarmed schizorhynch proboscis are referred to as tongues (or lips) or hook supports (or base units, muscle pads, muscle bulbs, or hook carriers) if the structure bears a sclerotized part or hook.
Morphology of the muscle articulation joint between the hooks of a flatworm (Kalyptorhynchia, Cheliplana sp.)
We described testing done on a standard prosthetic hook and a hook with adaptations aimed at improving grasp.
Crossed four-bar mechanism for improved prosthetic grasp