hook

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
1 a curved piece of metal, plastic or wire for hanging things on, catching fish with, etc: a picture / curtain / coat hook + a fish-hook + Hang your towel on that hook.
see also BOATHOOK
2 (in boxing) a short hard blow that is made with the elbow bent: a left hook to the jaw
3 (in cricket and golf) a way of hitting the ball so that it curves sideways instead of going straight ahead
Idioms: by hook or by crook using any method you can, even a dishonest one
get (sb) off the hook
let sb off the hook to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment
hook, line and sinker completely: What I said was not true, but he fell for it (= believed it) hook, line and sinker.
off the hook if you leave or take the telephone off the hook, you take the RECEIVER (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you
more at RING v., SLING v.
+ verb
1 [+adv./prep.] to fasten or hang sth on sth else using a hook; to be fastened or hanging in this way: [VN] We hooked the trailer to the back of the car. + [V] a dress that hooks at the back
2 [+adv./prep.] to put sth, especially your leg, arm or finger, around sth else so that you can hold onto it or move it; to go around sth else in this way: [VN] He hooked his foot under the stool and dragged it over. + She hooked her arm through her sister's. + He managed to hook his fingers under the stone. + Her thumbs were hooked into the pockets of her jeans. + Hook the rope through your belt. + [V] Suddenly an arm hooked around my neck.
3 [VN] to catch a fish with a hook: It was the biggest pike I ever hooked. + (figurative) She had managed to hook a wealthy husband.
4 [VN] (especially in golf, cricket or football) to hit or kick a ball so that it goes to one side instead of straight ahead: He hooked his drive into the trees. + I hooked the first ball for a six. + He hooked his shot over the bar. + Try and hook the ball around the defenders.
Phrasal Verbs: hook<->up (to sth)
hook sb/sth<->up (to sth) to connect sb/sth to a piece of electronic equipment or to a power supply: She was then hooked up to an IV drip. + Check that the computer is hooked up to the printer.
related noun HOOK-UP
hook up with sb (informal)
1 to meet sb and spend time with them: In India I hooked up with a couple of students for a few weeks.
2 to start working with sb: They formed the band in 1998, hooking up with bass player Rod Byrne.

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 hanger, peg, holder; fastener, catch, clasp, clip, pin:

Hang your hat on that hook. I'm using a safety pin because the hook on my dress is gone

2 snare, trap; fish-hook:

What can we use as a hook to catch the fish?

3 by hook or by crook. somehow (or other), someway, come what may, by fair means or foul, (by) one way or another:

I have to get out of this place by hook or by crook.

4 hook, line, and sinker. completely, entirely, all the way, through and through, thoroughly, entirely, totally, utterly, wholly:

She actually fell for that old routine hook, line, and sinker.

5 off the hook. (set) free, (in the) clear, out of it; out of trouble, acquitted, exonerated, cleared, let off, vindicated, off:

After paying them the extortion money, he still wasn't off the hook.

v.

6 catch, trap, entrap, snare, ensnare; grab, capture, collar, nab, seize; Chiefly US and Canadian snag, Colloq pinch:

The petty crooks have been caught but we now want to hook the big fish himself

7 steal, pilfer, filch, palm, shoplift, rob, Slang snitch, rip off, Euphemistic liberate, remove, borrow, appropriate, Brit nick, Chiefly Brit pinch:

They used to hook sweets from Woolies'.

Concise English dictionary

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hooks|hooked|hookinghʊk
noun
+a catch for locking a door
+a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
+anything that serves as an enticement
+a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
+a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
+a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
+a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
+a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
verb
+fasten with a hook
+rip off; ask an unreasonable price
+make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
+hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
+take by theft
+make off with belongings of others
+hit with a hook
+catch with a hook
+to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
+secure with the foot
+entice and trap
+approach with an offer of sexual favors

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