1) Anchor 2) Badhitbyagolfer 3) Bait 4) Barb 5) Bend 6) Buttonhook 7) Crotchet 8) Curvature 9) Dowel 10) Ensnare 11) Fastener 12) Filch 13) Fishhook 14) Gazump 15) Glom 16) Hooking 17) Lure 18) Pendency 19) Pilfer 20) Pirate 21) Pothook 22) Purloin 23) Snarf 24) Tenterhook 25) Thieve 26) Uncus
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/hook
1) Anchor, slang 2) Anything that catches 3) Appealing musical refrain 4) Ask an unreasonable price 5) Attention-grabbing riff 6) Bait holder 7) Bait site 8) Barrie baddie 9) Barrie character 10) Before line and sinker 11) Bit of hanging hardware 12) Blues Traveler hit of 1995 13) Boxing blow 14) Boxing terminology
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/hook
- a catch for locking a door
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a basketball shot made over the head ......
Found on
• (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. • (n.) 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. • (n.) An implement...
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/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.
Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/glossary/h.shtml
A ball that breaks to the left for right-handers and to the right for lefties.
Found on http://www.bowlersparadise.com/help/glossary.shtml
(from the article `Holland`) ...land reclamation, and the towns profited by growing trade and fishery enterprises. A disputed succession on the death of William IV (1345) led to ... ...greatest influence and power. From 1349 onward a deep cleavage among the Dutch nobility over the succession to the throne led to the formation of ... ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/67
(from the article `boxing`) ...modifications of these basic punches. The jab, whether thrown from an orthodox or a southpaw stance, is a straight punch delivered with the lead ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/68
(from the article `feather`) ...(barbs) forming a flattened, usually curved surface—the vane. The barbs possess further branches —the barbules—and the barbules of adjacent barbs ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/68
(hook) a curved instrument, usually with a sharp point, designed for holding, elevating, or exerting traction on a tissue. something with a long, thin, curved shape resembling that of this instrument; see also hamulus and uncus.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
A spit that curves sharply at its coastal end.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22291
(1) In linguistics, a diacritical mark used in some eastern European languages like Polish and Lithu
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22385
(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 movement. (2) Drosophila gene encoding a large homodimeric protein involved in endocytosis of the bride of sevenless/sevenless receptor/ligand complexes from the R7 photoreceptor cell.
...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
Hook intransitive verb To bend; to curve as a hook.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/59
Hook noun [ Middle English hok , Anglo-Saxon hōc ; confer Dutch haak , German hake , haken , Old High German hāko , hāgo , hāggo , Icelandic haki , Swedish hake , Danish hage . Confer Arqu...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/59
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 with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; h...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/59
[Soccer] the curved trajectory of a ball due to spin imparted on it by a kicker, such as in a banana kick.
Found on http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html
a curved (U shaped) section of strong wire sharpened at one end and tied to fishing line the other. either barbed or barbless for catching fish.
Found on http://www.fish-uk.com/dictionary.htm
A concave, semi-cylindrical surface cut into the forward lump of a barrel set of a break-open firearm which revolves about the hinge-pin when the gun is opened.
Found on http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm
A batting shot similar to the pull, but played to a ball at chest height or above. Spectacular but risky, due to the difficulty in keeping the ball down.
Found on http://www.wandererscricket.com/glossary.html
A narrative trick in the lead paragraph of a work that grabs the attention of the readers and keeps them reading.
Found on http://www.word-mart.com/html/glossary1.html
A ball that travels to the left or right.
Found on https://sportsaspire.com/bowling-terms
A ball that curves into the pins as it approaches them.
Found on https://www.bowling.com/article_bowling_term_glossary.aspx
noun a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; `he took lessons to cure his hooking`
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
noun a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
No exact match found.
