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hook
verb- to addict US, 1922
- The goal of every narcotics pusher is to “hook” a wealthy adult–the wife of a prominent businessman perhaps–who can be blackmailed as well as forced to pay exorbitant prices for dope. — Alson Smith, Syndicate City, p. 173, 1954
- I knew that the first shot could not hook you physically. — Jeremy Larner and Ralph Tefferteller, The Addict in the Street, p. 53, 1964
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 62, 1996
- to inject by hypodermic needle US
- “You’ve been hooking that spot so much it’s about to get infected,” he said, pointing to a needle welt. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 81, 1953
- to snare in a swindle UK, 1730
- First time in ten years I ever saw Minnesota Fats hooked, really hooked. — The Hustler, 1961
- to steal US, 1951
- I hooked it from Callahan’s bunk. — Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, p. 613, 1948
- — American Speech, p. 194, October 1951: “A study of reformatory argot”
- [S]ome of the gang may have more technical knowledge than I do about hooking cars and trucks, but I knew about planning, organization, security. — Joseph Pistone, Donnie Brasco, p. 27, 1987
- to take, but not necessarily to steal UK
- — The Felstedian, December 1947
- to engage in prostitution US, 1959
- She was hooking when I met her. So I didn’t go for that at all. ‘Cause I never made it with a hooker before. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 56, 1966
- While girls all over the room were murmuring, “What’s she talking about?” one of the tougher, older Bunnies bellowed, “Hooking!” — Kathryn Leigh Scott, The Bunny Years, p. 138, 1998
- to ride a racehorse so that it will lose AUSTRALIA
- Sam hooked the horse at his next start and Jack again cleaned up, then rode him to a close win at Bellbird[.] — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 149, 1982
- We know Watson and Robertson have bribed you to stop it just like you hooked that one yesterday. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 199, 1988
- in trucking, to shift gears US
Most often heard as “hook ’er into high”. - — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 84, 1971
- to arrest US, 1928
- It’s life if you get hooked with it and you can’t really do much of anything with it except fight a war, maybe. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 8, 1971
- He knew what he was going to do, but it was a felony and he didn’t think he should confide in her, for fear she’d hook him upon the spot. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 262, 2001
▶ hook a barracuda
to locate and show a gratuitous television view of a pretty girl or woman, usually a spectator at a sporting event US- They do this a lot, they told me, and they call it “hooking a barracuda,” or a “honey shot,” or, as a matter of fact, a “hold it.” — Dan Jenkins, Dead Solid Perfect, p. 152, 1986
▶ hook it
to drive fast US- We didn’t know where the hell we were, but we knew we had to hook it fast. — Robert Lipkin, A Brotherhood of Outlaws, p. 171, 1981
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