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HookHoof Hoof, n.
On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not
slaughtered. Hook Hook, n. (Geog.)
A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at
the outer end; as, Sandy Hook. Hook
Hook Hook, v. i.
To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov.
Eng.], to make off; to clear out; -- often with it. ``Duncan
was wounded, and the escort hooked it.' --Kipling.
HookHook Hook, n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D. haak, G. hake,
haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake,
Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake, Hatch a half
door, Heckle.]
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent
into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or
sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook
for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on
which a door or gate hangs and turns.
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook.
--Pope.
4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; --
called also hook bones.
By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct
or indirect. --Milton. ``In hope her to attain by hook or
crook.' --Spenser.
Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.]
``In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom
I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone
out of the river.' --Pepys. HookHook Hook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hooking.]
1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize,
capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or
baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice;
to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W.
Collins.
2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
in attacking enemies; to gore.
3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook. Hook
Hook Hook, v. i.
To bend; to curve as a hook.
Meaning of Hooks from wikipedia
- (surname)
Hooks (nickname)
Corpus Christi Hooks, a
minor league team in the
Texas League The
Hooks, a
faction in the
Hook and Cod Wars
Hooks (album), by...
- 2014,
hooks also
founded the bell
hooks Institute at
Berea College. Her pen name was
borrowed from her
maternal great-grandmother, Bell
Blair Hooks. Gloria...
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Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 –
October 9, 2014) was an
American actress and comedian.
Hooks was best
known for her
tenure on the NBC
sketch comedy...
- Fish
Hooks is an
American animated television series created by Noah Z.
Jones and
developed by Alex
Hirsch and
William Reiss for
Disney Channel. The show...
- of the
hook is
sharply pointed to
enable penetration into the
target material,
providing a
firmer anchorage. Some
hooks,
particularly fish
hooks, also...
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Robert Hooks (born
Bobby Dean
Hooks;
April 18, 1937) is an
American actor, producer, and activist.
Along with
Douglas Turner Ward and
Gerald S. Krone,...
- Use of
LD_PRELOAD to
hook shared library calls.
Emacs Hooks Hooks are an
important mechanism for
customization of Emacs. A
hook is a Lisp
variable which...
- bait
hooks, fly
hooks and lure
hooks.
Within these broad categories there are wide
varieties of
hook types designed for
different applications.
Hook types...
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person or place.
While some
melodic hooks include skips of an
octave or more to make the line more interesting, a
hook can be
equally catchy by employing...
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spaced hooks at the end,
arranged so that at
least one is
likely to
catch on some
protuberance of the target. Some
modern designs feature folding hooks to...
