Unscramble hooks

Definition of hooks

noun:

• large strong hand (as of a fighter); "wait till I get my hooks on him". Synonyms: maulers, meat hooks.
• a catch for locking a door. Synonyms: hook.
• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook. Synonyms: crotchet, hook.
• anything that serves as an enticement. Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener.
• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. Synonyms: claw, hook.
• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something. Synonyms: hook.
• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking". Synonyms: draw, hook, hooking.
• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. Synonyms: hook.
• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket. Synonyms: hook, hook shot.

verb:

• fasten with a hook. Synonyms: hook. Antonyms: unhook.
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price. Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge. Antonyms: undercharge.
• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day". Synonyms: crochet, hook.
• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left. Synonyms: hook.
• take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!". Synonyms: cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve.
• make off with belongings of others. Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe.
• hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly". Synonyms: hook.
• catch with a hook; "hook a fish". Synonyms: hook.
• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug). Synonyms: addict, hook.
• secure with the foot; "hook the ball". Synonyms: hook.
• entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers". Synonyms: hook, snare.
• approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute", "The young man was caught soliciting in the park". Synonyms: accost, hook, solicit.

Related words

anchor, buttonhook, crotchet, extort, fishhook, gaff, gig, gouge, pothook, rack, roundhouse, seize, skyhook, squeeze, tenterhook, uncus, wring.

Words nearby

hook, hooke, hooky, hoops.

Rhymes with

brooks.