hooke
- n English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
hooke's law
- n (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced
hooker
- n United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
- n English theologian (1554-1600)
- n a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- n a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
- n (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
hooker's green
- n green pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge
hooker's onion
- n a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
hooker's orchid
- n a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
hooking
- n a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
he took lessons to cure his hooking - v fasten with a hook
- v rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- v make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- v hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- v take by theft
- v make off with belongings of others
- v hit with a hook
- v catch with a hook
- v to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- v secure with the foot
- v entice and trap
- v approach with an offer of sexual favors
hooks
- n large strong hand (as of a fighter)
wait till I get my hooks on him - n a catch for locking a door
- n a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- n anything that serves as an enticement
- n a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- n a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- n a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- n a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- n a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- v fasten with a hook
- v rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- v make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- v hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- v take by theft
- v make off with belongings of others
- v hit with a hook
- v catch with a hook
- v to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- v secure with the foot
- v entice and trap
- v approach with an offer of sexual favors
hookup
- n a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers - n a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
hookworm
- n parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
- n infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
hookworm disease
- n infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
hooliganism
- n willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others