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hook
noun- in a pickpocket team, the confederate who actually makes the theft UK, 1863
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 100, 1950
- It is understood by the police that a “bump man” or a “hook” does not operate at the Garden under the code long agreed upon between the stadium and the artistes. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 286, 1956
- Most often, the thieves work in teams. In police parlance, the “stall” distracts the victim while the “hook” takes the merchandise. — The New York Times, p. B1, 13 July 1989
- a thief UK, 1863
Originally applied specifically to a pickpocket. - Of all the highly specialised hooks, and there are very many, in the various branches of the distribution industry[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 10, 1956
- a shoplifter UK, 1961
- a finger, the hand UK, 1829
Usually used in the plural. - — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 12, 1945
- The skinny was that bohemian chicks couldn’t keep their hooks off soulful, lonely sailors. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 75, 1970
- Now get your goddamn hooks off the blanket. — Gerald Petievich, Money Men, p. 48, 1981
- a key or lockpick US
- Red, we need some hooks and need them quick. We’ve got a blast going in two weeks[.] — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 47, 1970
- in the used car business, a person who reverses the mileometer (odometer) to reduce the mileage shown US
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcycle Slang, p. 105, 1992
- a person who strives to be that which he is not US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 39, 1989
- a prostitute US, 1918
A shortened HOOKER. - This was a thing where we got a few friends and a few light hooks to come in, get drunk, take naked, and have what we called an Eastern Regional Eat-Off. — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 64, 1972
- The rich are the worst tippers, hooks are lousy. — Taxi Driver, 1976
- a contact in the police department with influence US
- There was an uneasy break in the dialogue until Inspector Sachson said, as if it were a perfectly sound explanation, that the man had a “hook”–an influential contact in the department. — Peter Maas, Serpico, p. 247, 1973
- a superior with influence and the ability to protect US
New York police slang. - — Samuel M. Katz, Anytime Anywhere, p. 388, 1997: “The extremely unofficial and completely off-the-record NYPD/ESU truck-two glossary”
- a telephone or telephone call US, 1975
- — American Speech, p. 61, Spring-Summer 1975: ‘Razorback slang’
- a CH-47 Chinook helicopter US
Vietnam war usage. - — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 26, 1968
- “I’d have that son-of-a-bitch long before the Hook gets here.” — Anthony Herbert, Soldier, p. 314, 1973
- a railway demolition crane US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 264, 1946
- a razor US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 803, 1962: “Penitentiary and underworld glossary”
- the concave part of a wave US
- — Grant W. Kuhns, On Surfing, p. 117, 1963
- a chevron insignia US
- — American Speech, p. 55, February 1947: “Pacific war language”
- the grade ‘C’ US
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 138, 1968
- a feature in a computer or computer program designed to facilitate later changes or enhancements US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 201, 1991
- in a confidence swindle, the stage in the swindle when the victim is fully committed to the scheme US
- He was approaching that stage in his tale that black grifters call the hook. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 55, 1969
- in pointspreads established by bookmakers in sports betting, half a point US
- — Bay Sports Review, p. 8, November 1991
- in a deck of playing cards, a jack or knave US
- — Irv Roddy, Friday Night Poker, p. 218, 1961
- a person who serves as a liaison between someone seeking to buy drugs and someone with drugs for sale US
- “Dealers hang out by the trains, and the hooks hang around the boulevard.” — Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station, p. 9, 2006
- a social outcast; a perpetual victim US
- I just couldn’t imagine living the life of a “hook,” those seemingly spineless nerds who were always victims of someone’s ridicule or physical violence, who never responded to an affront of any type. — Sanyika Shakur, Monster, p. 100, 1993
- The other dudes that weren’t hanging around us were playing ball, and we looked at them as punks, as hooks. — Yusuf Jah, Uprising, p. 164, 1995
▶ off the hook- out of a difficult or embarrassing situation UK, 1864
- Sex offenders let off the hook[.] Thousands escape with cautions because police cannot cope with the flood of child porn offences[.] — The Observer, 28 September 2003
- amazing, excellent US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, Spring 1999
- — Sunday Times (South Africa), 1 June 2003
▶ on the hook- in debt US, 1957
- A shaky guy ... but on the hook for enough money he can’t say no to anyone. — Gerald Petievich, One-Shot Deal, pp. 193–194, 1981
- I’m on the hook for seventeen thousand dollars. — Brian Preston, Pot Planet, p. 232, 2002
- in love US
Teen slang. - — Newsweek, p. 28, 8 October 1951
- being towed by a tow truck UK
- — British Road Services Magazine, December 1951
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcycle Slang, p. 105, 1992
- skipping school US, 1906
- For three and a half hours they sat in the Paramount balcony with the two high school babes who were also on the hook. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 29, 1947
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