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94 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• hook n. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
• hook n. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
• hook n. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
• hook n. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
• hook n. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
• hook n. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
• hook n. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
• hook n. A snare; a trap.
• hook n. (In the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
• hook n. (Informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
• hook n. (Agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
• hook n. (Authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or…
• hook n. (Narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience;…
• hook n. (Bridge, slang) A finesse.
• hook n. (Card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
• hook n. (Geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy…
• hook n. (Music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
• hook n. (Nautical, informal) A ship’s anchor.
• hook n. (Programming) Part of a system’s operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
• hook n. (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter…
• hook n. (Typography) a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
• hook n. (Typography, rare) a háček.
• hook n. Senses relating to sports.
• hook n. (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
• hook n. (Slang) A prostitute.
• hook n. (UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
• hook n. (Surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
• hook n. (Nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming…
• hook v. (Transitive) To attach a hook to.
• hook v. (Transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
• hook v. (Transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
• hook v. (Transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
• hook v. (Transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
• hook v. (UK, US, slang, archaic) To steal.
• hook v. (Transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
• hook v. (Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
• hook v. (Cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.
• hook v. (Rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team’s designated hooker).
• hook v. (Field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick…
• hook v. (Soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
• hook v. (Intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
• hook v. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
• hook v. (Bridge, slang) To finesse.
• hook v. (Transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
• hook v. (Intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
• Hook prop.n. A surname.
• Hook prop.n. A number of places in the United Kingdom…
• Hook prop.n. A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• German low german
  • Hook n. Corner.
  • Hook n. Angle.
  • Hook n. Tip of land; headland; point; foreland.
• Indonesian
  • hook n. (Colloquial) alternative form of huk (“land or building at the corner”).
• Semai
  • hòòk v. To whistle.

— English words, defined in German —

• hook S. Ein gebogenes Gerät aus einem harten Stoff (oft Metall), zum Fangen oder Halten; der Haken.
• hook S. Boxsport: der Haken.
• hook S. Der Angelhaken, der Haken.
• hook V. Etwas mit einem Haken befestigen; anhaken, festhaken.
• hook V. Versuchen, Fische zu fangen; angeln.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• hook n. Vishaak.
• hook n. Haak.
• hook w. Aan de haak slaan.
• hook w. Verslaven.

— English words, defined in French —

• hook n. Crochet.
• hook n. (Comme dans hook and eye) Agrafe.
• hook n. (Géographie) Poulier (extrémité recourbée d’une flèche littorale allongée en travers d’un estuaire ou…
• hook n. (Pêche) Hameçon.
• hook n. (Publicité) Accroche.
• hook n. (Informatique) Fonction de crochet (point d’entrée d’un logiciel qui permet l’ajout aisé de fonctionnalités…
• hook n. (Golf) Hook.
• hook v. Accrocher.
• hook v. Prendre, attraper. (un poisson…)
• hook v. (Golf) Hooker.
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Hook, dans le Yorkshire.
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Hook, dans le district de Hart.
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Hook, dans le district de Kingston upon Thames.
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Hook, au Pays de Galles.
• Hook n.fam. Nom de famille.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• hook s. Gancho.
• hook s. Anzuelo.
• hook v. Enganchar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• hook s. Gancho.
• hook s. Anzol.
• hook v. [intr] enganchar-se.
• hook v. [tr] enganchar.
• hook v. Fisgar.
• hook v. (Gíria) trabalhar como prostituta.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• hook s. Uncino, gancio.

— In German —

• hook V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hooken.

— In French —

• hook n.m. (Anglicisme) (Golf) Effet inverse du slice.
• hook n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) Technique qui permet à l’utilisateur…
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans…
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans…
• Hook n.prop. Banlieue du district londonien de Kingston upon Thames…
• Hook n.prop. (Géographie) Village du Pays de Galles situé dans le Pembrokeshire.

297 English words from 53 English definitions

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39 English words from 41 foreign definitions

Aan Agrafe and Banlieue crochet dans der des district Effet entrée eye flèche Golf Haken Hart harten hook hook␣and␣eye Hooker intr inverse Kingston Kingston␣upon␣Thames Nom oft Pays Pembrokeshire Person point Singular slice Technique Thames travers upon Verbs Village Yorkshire

1 foreign word from 53 English definitions

huk

78 foreign words from 41 foreign definitions

Accroche Accrocher aisé ajout Aktiv allongée Angelhaken angeln Angleterre Anglicisme Anzol Anzuelo attraper aus befestigen Boxsport civile Comme como d’entrée Ein einem enganchar en␣travers estuaire Etwas extrémité famille fangen Fische Fisgar Fonction fonctionnalités Galles Gancho gancio gebogenes Géographie Gerät Gíria haak Halten Hameçon hooken Imperativ informatique littorale logiciel londonien Metall mit Nom␣de␣famille oder Paroisse Paroisse␣civile Pays␣de␣Galles Pêche permet poisson Poulier Präsens Prendre prostituta Publicité qui recourbée situé située slaan Stoff trabalhar Uncino une utilisateur Verslaven Versuchen Vishaak zum

124 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

hooka hooke Hooke hooks Hooks hooky hookah hookas hooked hooker Hooker hookes hookey hookin' hook␣in hook␣it hookup hook-up hook␣up hookahs Hookean hookers hookest hooketh hookgun Hookham hookier hooking Hookins hookish hookium hooklet hookman hookmen hook␣pin Hookses hookset hooks␣up hooktip hooktop hookups hook-ups hookable hookbill hooked␣up hooker-in hooker-on hookguns hookiest hookings +74 words

191 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

chooks shooke shooks chookas chookie rehooks Schooks shooked shook␣it shook-up shook␣up unhooks armhooks bahookie bathooks bid␣hooks can␣hooks chookers chookies chookish dehooked dog␣hooks eyehooks eye␣hooks guthooks gut␣hooks mudhooks nuthooks nut-hooks pothooks pot-hooks prehooks pre-hooks rehooked sahookar shookest shooketh shooking shook␣off shook␣out skyhooks unhooked unhooker Vanhooks wadhooks wad-hooks wad␣hooks webhooks amnihooks anal␣hooks +141 words

143 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

chook shook Shook dehook on-hook rehook Schook unhook armhook bathook bid␣hook can␣hook dog␣hook eyehook eye␣hook guthook gut␣hook Liphook mudhook nuthook nut-hook pothook pot-hook prehook pre-hook Red␣Hook reshook skyhook toehook unshook Vanhook wadhook wad-hook wad␣hook webhook amnihook anal␣hook baithook billhook bill-hook bill␣hook boathook boat-hook boat␣hook boothook bullhook butthook canthook cant␣hook coathook coat␣hook +92 words

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hoo Hoo ook

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Koo ooh OOH

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Khoo OHKO

16 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

choko chook Hoklo Hokow hokyo hooka hooke Hooke hooks Hooks hooky Khoos kocho OHKOs shook Shook

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

hok hoo Hoo Kho Koo OHK oho Oko ooh OOH ook

39 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

book Book cook Cook dook fook gook Hoak hock hoik holk honk hood Hood 'hood -hood hoof hool hoon Hoon hoop Hoop hoot Hoot hork jook kook look Look mook Mook nook rook sook took Took vook wook Zook

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

hok hoo Hoo ook

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