hooks
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
- They ripped off the best bits of Franz Ferdinand and the Strokes-speed, swagger and hooks upon hooks-but instead of hipster navel gazing, Arctic Monkeys' singer Alex Turner looked .
- In the new style triangular instead of round the hooks are gone.