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World Book Dictionary
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ISBN: 978-0-7166-0203-3
Volumes: 2
Pages: 2560
Trim Height: 10 7/8
Trim Width: 8 3/8
Interest Level: Grades 4+

ISBN: 978-0-7166-0203-3. SKU: 20282. 2 volumes • 2,560 pages. 8 3/8" x 10 7/8". Copyright: 2011.

hook «wk», noun, verb.
–n.
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. »
Several people hung their coats on the hook fastened to the wall.

2. a curved piece of wire, usually with a barb at the end, for catching fish; fishhook. »
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait (Emerson).

3. Figurative. a snare; trap.
4. a bent metal appliance for fastening together two parts of an article of clothing. See also hook and eye.
5. anything curved or bent like a hook. »
I carried the umbrella by putting the hook of the handle over my arm.

6. a large, curved knife for cutting down grass or grain; sickle.
7. a sharp bend. »
a hook in the river.

8. a curved point of land. »
the Hook of Holland.

9. a recurved and pointed organ or appendage of an animal or plant.
10. the act of hooking.
11. a curving throw or hit in baseball.
12. a golf ball's path of flight curving to the left away from a right-handed player.
13. the act of pulling the ball in cricket.
14. Bowling. a throw where the ball rolls down the alley, then turns sharply toward the pins.
15. Boxing. a swinging, usually short blow with the elbow bent and rigid.
16. Surfing. the crest of a wave.
17. Ice Hockey. an act or instance of hooking.
18. a line at the end of the stem of certain musical notes; flag. The eighth note has one.
–v.t.
1. to fasten or attach with or as if with a hook or hooks. »
Will you hook my dress for me?

2. to catch or take hold of with a hook. »
The farmer hooked each blade of hay and threw it on the wagon.

3. to join or fit like a hook.
4. to catch (fish) with a hook. »
We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.

5. Figurative. to catch by a trick, as a husband. »
The first woman who fishes for him, hooks him (Thackeray).

6. Informal. to steal; pilfer. »
to hook the money and hide it (Mark Twain).

7. to give the form of a hook to.
8. to throw or hit (a baseball) so that it curves.
9. to hit (a golf ball) so that it curves widely to the left.
10. to pull (the ball) in cricket.
11. Rugby. to push (the ball) back with the foot to a teammate out of the center of scrummage.
12. Boxing. to hit (an opponent) with a short, swinging blow.
13. U.S. to make (a rug, pillow cover, or other article) by pulling loops of yarn or strips of cloth through canvas, burlap, or other loosely woven material, with a hook.
14. to catch on the horns; attack with the horns, as a cow or bull does.
15. Ice Hockey. to hinder illegally the advance of (a puck carrier) by catching at his body from the side or rear with one's stick.
–v.i.
1. to be fastened with or as if with a hook. »
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. »
At this point the river hooks around to the north.

4. to move suddenly. »
always hooking about on mysterious voyages. (Washington Irving)