Hook
Definition of Hook
Pronunciation: hŎk; 277 n. | 1. | A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc. | | 2. | That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. | | 3. | An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook. | | 4. | (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook. | | 5. | A snare; a trap. | | 6. | A field sown two years in succession. | | 7. | The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; - called also hook bones. | | 8. | (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey. | | 9. | (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball. | | 10. | (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs.To go off the hooks | to die. - Bartlett. |
Chain hook | See under Chain. |
| v. t. | 1. | To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. | | 2. | To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. | | 3. | To steal. | v. i. | 1. | To bend; to curve as a hook. | | 2. | To move or go with a sudden turn; |
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