- hook⇄adj. hookable.
- hook⇄adj. hookless.
- hook⇄adj. hooklike.
- hook⇄expr. by hook or (by) crook, in any way at all; by fair means or foul.
Ex. The question of the refugees must be settled, by hook or by crook, [since] they present a grave security risk, besides an economic problem (London Times). - hook⇄expr. get the hook, (Slang.) to be dismissed; lose one's job.
Ex. If he is late once more, he will get the hook. - hook⇄expr. hook it, (Slang.) to run away.
Ex. Here come the cops--you'd better hook it! - hook⇄expr. hook up,
a. to attach or fasten with a hook or hooks.
Ex. They saw a horse hooked up to the post of the inn (W. S. Hayward).
b. to arrange and connect the parts of (a radio set, telephone, or other device).
Ex. They decide - hook⇄expr. hook, line, and sinker, (Slang.) wholly; entirely.
Ex. I swallowed the story hook, line, and sinker (New Yorker). - hook⇄expr. off the hook, (Informal.) free of responsibility; out of a predicament.
Ex. The administration was searching for a way to get off the hook on Quemoy (New Yorker). - hook⇄expr. on one's own hook, (Informal.) independently.
Ex. There is a non-personal entity called ""History"" which accomplishes things on its own hook (Edmund Wilson). - hook⇄hook, noun, verb.
- hook⇄noun 1. a piece of metal, wood, or other stiff material, curved or having a sharp angle for catching hold of something or for hanging things on.
Ex. Several people hung their coats on the hook fastened to the wall.
2. a curved piece of wire, - hook⇄v.i. 1. to be fastened with or as if with a hook.
Ex. The gate hooked shut with a click as he left the garden.
2. to be curved or bent like a hook.
3. to bend or curve like a hook.
Ex. At this point the river hooks around to the - hook⇄v.t. 1. to fasten or attach with or as if with a hook or hooks.
Ex. Will you hook my dress for me?
2. to catch or take hold of with a hook.
Ex. The farmer hooked each blade of hay and threw it on the wagon.
3. to join or fit lik