Antonyms for hook

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : hoo k

Phonetic Transcription : hʊk

Definition of hook

Origin : Old English hoc "hook, angle," perhaps related to Old English haca "bolt," from Proto-Germanic *hokaz/*hakan- (cf. Old Frisian hok, Middle Dutch hoek, Dutch haak, German Haken "hook"), from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (cf. Russian kogot "claw"). For spelling, see hood (n.1).
Boxing sense of "short, swinging blow with the elbow bent" is from 1898. Figurative sense was in Middle English (see hooker). By hook or by crook (late 14c.) probably alludes to tools of professional thieves. Hook, line, and sinker "completely" is 1838, a metaphor from angling.

noun curved fastener
verb grab, catch

Example sentences :

As we came into the Hook, we were hailed by a gun-boat, and heard of the "Little Embargo."
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

He had been lightly hooked on the angle of the right jaw, and the hook had not wearied him.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Mrs. Wilson put down her hook again, and leaned back in her chair.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Seizing a match-box, he struck a light and held it to the hook.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

I am an outlaw, and get my living by hook and by crook in a manner it boots not now to tell of.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Cornish seized him by the arm, and held him while he hook like a leaf and swayed heavily.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

Are you going to land them at the Hook or take them on to Rotterdam, sir?
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

He was busily baiting the hook; now he extended the pole to her.
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

I'd like to try spying, on my own hook, once, like Dick does.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

I would even have been willing to try and bait (shudders) his hook.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

Synonyms for hook

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