Hook
noun
A metal or plastic device used for catching or holding things, especially one attached to a surface to hang something on.
Hang your coat on the hook behind the door.
Often appears as...
- off the hook
- by hook or by crook
verb
To attract and hold the interest of.
The mystery story hooked him immediately.
Often appears as...
- hook someone up
- hook into
verb
To attach or connect with a hook or hooks.
She hooked the ladder onto the branch.
Often appears as...
- hook onto
- hook up to
noun
An interesting part of a book, film, or song that makes you want to continue reading, watching, or listening.
Every song needs a hook, something that catches the ear.
Often appears as...
- catchy hook
- hook of a song
Usage tips
Arts, Entertainment
noun
A curved stroke in handwriting.
His signature ends in a hook.
Often appears as...
- hook in writing
- signature hook
Usage tips
General, Academic
verb
To hit or throw (a ball) in a curve.
He hooked a drive into the left rough.
Often appears as...
- hook a drive
- hook the ball
Usage tips
Sports
noun
A metal or plastic device used for catching or holding things, especially one attached to a surface to hang something on.
Hang your coat on the hook behind the door.
Often appears as...
- off the hook
- by hook or by crook
verb
To attract and hold the interest of.
The mystery story hooked him immediately.
Often appears as...
- hook someone up
- hook into
verb
To attach or connect with a hook or hooks.
She hooked the ladder onto the branch.
Often appears as...
- hook onto
- hook up to
noun
An interesting part of a book, film, or song that makes you want to continue reading, watching, or listening.
Every song needs a hook, something that catches the ear.
Often appears as...
- catchy hook
- hook of a song
Usage tips
Arts, Entertainment
noun
A curved stroke in handwriting.
His signature ends in a hook.
Often appears as...
- hook in writing
- signature hook
Usage tips
General, Academic
verb
To hit or throw (a ball) in a curve.
He hooked a drive into the left rough.
Often appears as...
- hook a drive
- hook the ball
Usage tips
Sports
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
The noun 'hook' often refers to a tangible object used for hanging items.
Let's put up some hooks in the hallway for our bags.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Metal
'Hooks' aren't always made of metal; they can be plastic or other materials.
I bought a set of plastic hooks to hang my kitchen utensils.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
The noun 'hook' often refers to a tangible object used for hanging items.
Let's put up some hooks in the hallway for our bags.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Metal
'Hooks' aren't always made of metal; they can be plastic or other materials.
I bought a set of plastic hooks to hang my kitchen utensils.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
The noun 'hook' often refers to a tangible object used for hanging items.
Let's put up some hooks in the hallway for our bags.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Metal
'Hooks' aren't always made of metal; they can be plastic or other materials.
I bought a set of plastic hooks to hang my kitchen utensils.
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If you rarely eat sugar or don't eat much at a time, the effect is similar to that of the balanced meal. But if you eat too much, the dopamine response does not level out. In other words, eating lots of sugar will continue to feel rewarding. In this way, sugar behaves a little bit like a drug. It's one reason people seem to be hooked on sugary foods.
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How playing an...
When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound,
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Everything you think you...
you may not realize it, you've taken quite a lot of heroin. And anyone who is watching this anywhere in the world, this is happening. And if what we believe about addiction is right -- those people are exposed to all those chemical hooks -- What should happen? They should become addicts. This has been studied really carefully.
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy. You seed the stuff, and people have no choice but to be hooked on these seeds forever? There are a lot of conspiracy theories for sure, but it doesn't work that way.
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Inside the Dark World of...
He said they use a hook at the back and someone pulls down and then someone uses another hook at the front and the baby's legs are tied together and they pull the legs front and they do this over and over until the baby learns how to do it. He said to me we have to use the bull hook
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How math saved my life PIPE...
different ways and from that day I was completely hooked I would find myself in the math lab for hours and months at a time trying to absorb all this incredible beautiful knowledge that I had completely ignored previously in my life well then one day I was in the math
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Rescuing The Bilbies PIPE...
definitely ready frank's devoted eight years of his life to the billbay it's very close to his heart it is just such a wonderful animal and that's sort of what's hooked me in when i first saw my one in the wild i just thought wow we really need a decent kick in the
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The effects of...
So, any air-filled spaces, like a rockfish's swim bladder, or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface,
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How I held my breath for...
It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said, while having an elephant standing on your chest. So, that idea disappeared. Then I started thinking, would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
I felt like I stumbled onto one of the last quiet places, somewhere that I found a clarity and a connection with the world I knew I would never find on a crowded beach. I was hooked. I was hooked.
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
If you rarely eat sugar or don't eat much at a time, the effect is similar to that of the balanced meal. But if you eat too much, the dopamine response does not level out. In other words, eating lots of sugar will continue to feel rewarding. In this way, sugar behaves a little bit like a drug. It's one reason people seem to be hooked on sugary foods.
Video examples
How playing an...
When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound,
Video examples
Everything you think you...
you may not realize it, you've taken quite a lot of heroin. And anyone who is watching this anywhere in the world, this is happening. And if what we believe about addiction is right -- those people are exposed to all those chemical hooks -- What should happen? They should become addicts. This has been studied really carefully.
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy. You seed the stuff, and people have no choice but to be hooked on these seeds forever? There are a lot of conspiracy theories for sure, but it doesn't work that way.
Video examples
Inside the Dark World of...
He said they use a hook at the back and someone pulls down and then someone uses another hook at the front and the baby's legs are tied together and they pull the legs front and they do this over and over until the baby learns how to do it. He said to me we have to use the bull hook
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
different ways and from that day I was completely hooked I would find myself in the math lab for hours and months at a time trying to absorb all this incredible beautiful knowledge that I had completely ignored previously in my life well then one day I was in the math
Video examples
Rescuing The Bilbies PIPE...
definitely ready frank's devoted eight years of his life to the billbay it's very close to his heart it is just such a wonderful animal and that's sort of what's hooked me in when i first saw my one in the wild i just thought wow we really need a decent kick in the
Video examples
The effects of...
So, any air-filled spaces, like a rockfish's swim bladder, or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface,
Video examples
How I held my breath for...
It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said, while having an elephant standing on your chest. So, that idea disappeared. Then I started thinking, would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine
Video examples
Chris Burkard: The joy...
I felt like I stumbled onto one of the last quiet places, somewhere that I found a clarity and a connection with the world I knew I would never find on a crowded beach. I was hooked. I was hooked.
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David Leitch
American Actor
Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a fantasy world where they just do spinning hook kicks and knock out guys who are six foot four, and that doesn't work either.
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Paige
English Athlete
I want everyone to know that they can accomplish anything they want at any age if they just be themselves. I want to encourage millions to chase their dreams and to never change. Everyone should also know how to throw a good right hook!
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Colin Donnell
American Actor
So many people have told me that 'Wicked' is their first musical ever and that they're hooked for life. I'm like, 'Wow, you really got it right when you picked this show to be your first one.
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Amanda Abbington
English Actress
If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will hook me in, certainly.
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Linwood Barclay
Canadian Author
Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if.
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Matt Sydal
American Wrestler
Of course, I was an insane ECW fan. You don't get this deep into wrestling unless you are obsessed with wrestling so that was the final hook.
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Tom Heinsohn
American Athlete
Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.
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Bill Rancic
American Businessman
I'm hooked on food competition shows. It's unique, different... I definitely understand the importance of strategy.
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Isabelle Adjani
French Actress
Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.
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Ted Naifeh
American Writer
Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.
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David Leitch
American Actor
Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a fantasy world where they just do spinning hook kicks and knock out guys who are six foot four, and that doesn't work either.
Quote examples
Paige
English Athlete
I want everyone to know that they can accomplish anything they want at any age if they just be themselves. I want to encourage millions to chase their dreams and to never change. Everyone should also know how to throw a good right hook!
Quote examples
Colin Donnell
American Actor
So many people have told me that 'Wicked' is their first musical ever and that they're hooked for life. I'm like, 'Wow, you really got it right when you picked this show to be your first one.
Quote examples
Amanda Abbington
English Actress
If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will hook me in, certainly.
Quote examples
Linwood Barclay
Canadian Author
Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if.
Quote examples
Matt Sydal
American Wrestler
Of course, I was an insane ECW fan. You don't get this deep into wrestling unless you are obsessed with wrestling so that was the final hook.
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Tom Heinsohn
American Athlete
Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.
Quote examples
Bill Rancic
American Businessman
I'm hooked on food competition shows. It's unique, different... I definitely understand the importance of strategy.
Quote examples
Isabelle Adjani
French Actress
Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.
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Ted Naifeh
American Writer
Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.
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