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
hoop
- n a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
- n a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse - n a small arch used as croquet equipment
- n horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
- v bind or fasten with a hoop
hoop vats
hoop ash
- n vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
hoop pine
- n pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
hoop snake
- n any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
hoopoe
- n any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
hoopoo
- n any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill