escarpia

Phonetic: "/huːk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

Definition: A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

Definition: Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

Definition: The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

Definition: The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

Definition: A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

Definition: A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

Definition: A snare; a trap.

Definition: (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

Definition: Removal or expulsion from a group or activity

Example: He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.

Definition: A field sown two years in succession.

Definition: (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

Definition: (authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

Definition: A finesse.

Definition: A jack (the playing card).

Definition: A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

Definition: A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

Example: The song's hook snared me.

Definition: A ship's anchor.

Definition: Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

Example: We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.

Definition: (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

Definition: A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

Definition: A háček.

Definition: Senses relating to sports.

Phonetic: "/huːk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To attach a hook to.

Example: Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

Definition: To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

Example: He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

Definition: To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

Definition: To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

Example: He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.

Definition: To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

Example: A free trial is a good way to hook customers.

Definition: To steal.

Definition: To connect (hook into, hook together).

Example: If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.

Definition: (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

Example: He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

Definition: To play a hook shot.

Definition: To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

Definition: To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

Example: The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

Definition: To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

Definition: To engage in prostitution.

Example: I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.

Definition: (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

Definition: To finesse.

Definition: To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

Definition: To move or go with a sudden turn.