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Hook
[song] "Hook" is a song by jam band Blues Traveler, from their 1994 album Four. The song peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song`s title refers to a hook in music terminology: the catchy element or phrase of a song which makes it distinctive and memorable. The song`s lyrics assert t...
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Hook
[hand tool] A hook as a hand tool is used for securing and moving loads. It consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 8" long projecting at a right angle from the center of the handle. The appliance is held in a closed fist with the hook projecting between two fingers....
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Hook
[surname] Hook is a surname, and may refer == Fictional == == See also == ...
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Hook
A spit or narrow CAPE, turned landward at the outer end, resembling a hook in form.
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Hook
Meaning as a surname: Crooked backed, hook nose. Various places in Britain.
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Hook
The hook is the line of words and music that catches the listener's ear, holds his/her interest, sustains that interest and pulls the listener along to the end of the song. It is that one line - both musically and lyrically -- that listeners will remember long after the song is over.
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Hook
The most memorable or most catchy part of a song.
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hook
[n] - a sharp curve or crook 2. [n] - a catch for locking a door 3. [n] - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something 4. [n] - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something 5. [n] - a golf shot that curves to the left for a ...
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Hook
A device used to secure a load to a crane.
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Hook
Provided the player is on the same side of the opponent's pony as the ball, he may spoil the opponent's shot by putting his stick in the way of the striking player's.
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Hook
the thing used on the end of your hook snood used to hook fish. Makes include. Nordic bend, mustad, kamasan, cox and rawle, 4447b, circle hooks, eagle claw, baitholders etc
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hook
a large, hook-shaped device from which the swivel is suspended. It is designed to carry maximum loads ranging from 100 to 650 tons (90 to 590 tonnes) and turns on bearings in its supporting housing. A strong spring within the assembly cushions the weight of a stand (90 feet, about 27 meters) of d...
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hook
(1) Basal portion of bacterial flagellum, to which is distally attached the flagellin filament. Proximally the hook is attached to the rotating spindle of the motor. In some bacteria (Myxobacteria) the rotation of the hook itself (without an attached flagellum) may directly cause forward gliding mov...
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Hook
Hook noun [ Middle English hok , Anglo-Saxon hōc ; confer Dutch haak , German hake , haken , Old High German hāko , hāgo , hāggo , Icelandic haki , Swedish
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Hook
Hook transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hooked ; present participle & verbal noun Hooking .] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as wi...
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Hook
Hook intransitive verb To bend; to curve as a hook.
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Hook
Hook noun (Geology) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook .
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Hook
Hook intransitive verb 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.
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hook
Basal portion of bacterial flagellum, to which is distally attached the flagellin filament. Proximally the hook is attached to the rotating spindle of the motor. In some bacteria (Myxobacteria) the rotation of the hook itself (without an attached flagellum) may directly cause forward gliding movemen...
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hook
noun a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
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hook
noun a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
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hook
solicit 1 accost verb approach with an offer of sexual favors; `he was solicited by a prostitute`; `The young man was caught soliciting in the park`
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hook
verb secure with the foot; `hook the ball`
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hook
verb fasten with a hook
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hook
noun a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; `he took lessons to cure his hooking`
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