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hook

გამოთქმა: /hʊk/

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Universal
  • 1a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on:a picture hook
  • (also fish hook) a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish.
  • 2a thing designed to catch people’s attention:companies are looking for a sales hook
  • a catchy chorus or repeated instrumental passage in a piece of popular music: strong, funky vocals with a hook that gets into your head
  • 3a curved cutting instrument, especially as used for reaping or shearing.
  • 4a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent and rigid, especially in boxing:a perfectly timed right hook to the chin
  • Cricket a stroke made to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height.
  • Golf a stroke which makes the ball deviate in flight in the direction of the follow-through (from right to left for a right-handed player), typically inadvertently.
  • 5a curved stroke in handwriting.
  • Music an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver or other note.
  • 6 [usually in place names] a curved promontory or sand spit.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [with object and adverbial] attach or fasten with a hook or hooks:the truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate she tried to hook up her bra [no object]:a ladder that hooks over the roof ridge
  • bend into the shape of a hook so as to fasten around or to an object: [with object]:he hooked his thumbs in his belt she hooked a thread around her crochet hook [no object]:her legs hooked around mine
  • [with object] Rugby secure (the ball) and pass it backwards with the foot in the scrum.
  • 2 [with object] catch with a hook:he hooked a 24 lb pike
  • informal attract and hold the attention of; captivate:I was hooked by John’s radical zeal
  • archaic, informal steal: a maid hooked one of her mistress’s dresses
  • 3 [with object] Cricket hit (the ball) round to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height; hit a ball delivered by (the bowler) with such a stroke.
  • Golf strike (the ball) so that it deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently.
  • [no object] Boxing punch one’s opponent with the elbow bent and rigid: McKenzie switched his attack downstairs, hooking to the ribs
  • 4 (often in imperative hook it) British informal, dated run away: kindly hook it—I just want you to scram
  • 5 [no object] (usually as noun hooking) informal (of a woman) work as a prostitute.

by hook or by crook

by any possible means:the government intends, by hook or by crook, to hold on to the land

get one's hooks into

informal get hold of:they were going to move out rather than let Mel get his hooks into them

get (or give someone) the hook

North American informal be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job: he got the hook, reportedly due to differences with his co-star

hook, line, and sinker

used to emphasize that someone has been completely deceived or tricked:he fell hook, line, and sinker for this year’s April Fool joke
[with allusion to the taking of bait by a fish]

off the hook

  • 1 informal no longer in difficulty or trouble:I lied to get him off the hook
  • 2(of a telephone receiver) not on its rest, and so preventing incoming calls.

on the hook for

North American informal (in a financial context) responsible for:he’s on the hook for about $9.5 million

on one's own hook

North American informal, dated by oneself: I’m thinking of starting a class on my own hook

sling one's hook

[usually in imperative] British informal leave; go away.

hook up

  • 1 (also hook someone/thing up) link or be linked to electronic equipment: [with object]:Ali was hooked up to an electrocardiograph
  • 2 informal (of two people) meet or form a relationship:he hooked up with a friend in Budapest
  • engage in or form a casual sexual relationship:hooking up with total strangers can be very dangerous

hookless

adjective

hooklet

noun

hook-like

adjective

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