hook down

hook down

1. To use a hook to secure or fasten something in place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hook" and "down." We need something to hook down the tarp—otherwise, it'll blow away in this wind.
2. To swallow something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hook" and "down." With this sore throat, it takes me a while to hook down my meds.
See also: down, hook
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hook something down

 
1. Lit. to attach something and hold it down with a hook. Please hook the lid down so it doesn't fall off. Please hook down the lid.
2. Sl. to toss something down to someone. Hook another can of beer down to me, will you? Hook down another can of beer.
3. Sl. to eat something quickly; to gobble something up. Wally hooked the first hamburger down and ordered another. He hooked down two more burgers in a few minutes.
See also: down, hook
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hook something down

tv. to swallow something down. Hook down one of these cookies and see what you think about them.
See also: down, hook, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bear down
  • button down
  • bolt down
  • clunk
  • clunk down
  • ask down
  • clean down
  • brush down
  • champ down on (someone or something)
  • chow down
References in classic literature
Thomas Chilton's number on the card you'll find somewhere around there--it ought to be on the hook down at the side, but it probably won't be.
Pollyanna
Formerly, when how to get my living honestly, with freedom left for my proper pursuits, was a question which vexed me even more than it does now, for unfortunately I am become somewhat callous, I used to see a large box by the railroad, six feet long by three wide, in which the laborers locked up their tools at night; and it suggested to me that every man who was hard pushed might get such a one for a dollar, and, having bored a few auger holes in it, to admit the air at least, get into it when it rained and at night, and hook down the lid, and so have freedom in his love, and in his soul be free.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Leave yourself about a foot of singles to come back up over the whorl, just to the side of the strand running from the hook down to the shaft, and wind around the hook two or three times.
Spinning a Yarn
But you cannot afford to hook upwards because you will be out, so you have to hook down or get out of the way.
Geoffrey Boycott column: England rookies need to grow up fast
Ryan Pringle played the short ball less effectively, suckered into a tennis-style hook down to fine leg.
Collingwood's century puts hosts in command; THE MATCH: Durham v Derbyshire Day 1, Emirates Riverside
Punchbait is made to work best if you use a stick to push a treble hook down into the tub of bait so you end up with a nice little wad of bait that won't sling off when you cast it, and it won't wash off in current.
Punchbaitin': catfish
He broke his bat trying to hit Willey and all he could do with the new one was hook down the throat of long leg 16 short of a maiden one-day century on the day he reached 1,000 runs in the format.
Durham v Yorkshire: Riverside given promising glimpse of the future - but is it only short term? A win that puts the One-Day Cup knockout stages in sight was led by the players who should be Durham's future mainstays, but may not be; A win that puts the One-Day Cup knockout stages in sight was led by the players who should be Durham's future mainstays, but may not be
Onto this, rig a single ant complete with wings (for flotation) by hooking him under the chin and pushing the hook down into the abdomen.
Flying ants--small bait, big appeal
When one of those miracle days happens and everything goes right and multiple hookups and many caught fish occur, it is a good idea to pinch the barb of the jig's hook down so unhooking the big reds can be done quicker and easier with less stress to the big breeder fish.
Bull reds on the beach: cold, clearwater--and some of Florida's best sight-fishing
Place your hook down through the first left-hand peg, hook the bottom band, and loop forward to the peg in front.
HOT DRINKS HOLDER
When you want to leave, you simply slip the Med Hook down the other boat's chain, lift the chain while you retrieve your own anchor, and then use the trip line to release the chain.
Cruising essentials: what are the things you don't know you'll need? Cruising expert Nancy Knudsen tells us about some of the gear she wishes she'd started with when setting out for long-range cruising
After completing my two touch-and-goes, I was told hook down, so I lowered my hook and completed the landing checklist.
Backing into corners
Perpignan may be favourites to secure his signature, but we should recall that the Blues, sensing his disquiet at the Ospreys, have already tried once to entice Hook down the M4.
Ospreys have themselves to blame as Hook follows Henson in flying out of the Liberty Stadium nest; WALES v AUSTRALIA: It's been crystal clear that his (Hook's) patience ran out some time ago - DELME PARFITT: After James Hook's decision to leave the Ospreys, Delme Parfitt argues that Wales' glamour region will come to regret their reluctance to play him at No 10
As a journalist, I have often been told to sling my hook down the years, and felt as if I should at least know its derivation.
Expressing expressions; Denis Kilcommons denis.kilcommons@yahoo.co.uk To read more columns go to www.examiner.co.uk/denis
Fishing from peg 184 he fished groundbait feeder with worm on the hook down the middle of the river.
Angling: Bream brighten up a poor week; COARSE ANGLING Big fish hide from the area's anglers ANDREW WILKINSON rounds up all the activity on the local angling scene