Definition of s-hook in English English dictionary
- Captain Hook
- The pirate captain from Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie. Named for the hook that replaces one of his hands, he is the nemesis of Peter Pan. He lives in fear of the huge crocodile who ate his missing hand, and is obsessed with the notion of good form
- butcher's hook
- Same as butcher's
- butcher's hook
- (plural butcher's hooks) A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat from
- by hook or by crook
- By any means possible; one way or another
She was determined to finish the project, by hook or by crook.
- cant hook
- A traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook at one end, used for handling and moving logs
- fish hook
- The name of the International Phonetic Alphabet /ɾ/ character, used to represent an alveolar tap
- fishing hook
- A (generally barbed) sharp curved implement used to catch fish using a line
- grappling hook
- A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it
- hook
- A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing
- hook
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook
- hook
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song
The song's hook snared me.
- hook
- A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play
- hook
- To engage in prostitution
I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.
- hook
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity
He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
- hook
- To connect (hook into, hook together)
If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
- hook
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j
- hook
- To ensnare someone, as if with a hook
A free trial is a good way to hook customers.
- hook
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.
- hook
- A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily
We've added user-defined codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward and forward compatible to future versions of the standard.
- hook
- A curveball
He threw a hook in the dirt.
- hook
- A jack (the playing card)
- hook
- To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends
- hook
- To attach a hook to
Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
- hook
- A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.
- hook
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment
- hook
- A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot
- hook
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height
- hook
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish)
He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
- hook
- To make addicted; to captivate
I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked.
- hook
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
- hook
- To play a hook shot
- hook and eye
- A matched hook and an eye (loop into which the hook can fit), used for temporary fastening
- hook in
- To deceive
- hook shot
- A shot in which the offensive player, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head
- hook shots
- plural form of hook shot
- hook someone up
- To supply someone with goods or services
Hey man, can you hook me up with some weed?.
- hook turn
- A turn made by a vehicle across all lanes of traffic, sometimes used to improve the flow of through traffic or to keep the middle of the road free for trams etc
- hook up
- With "with", to form an association (with) someone
- hook up
- to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires
- hook up
- With "with", to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended
- hook up
- to connect to a power supply or a signal source
- hook, line and sinker
- Completely; (of belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly
I told him you were just a friend, and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.
- meat hook
- a two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs
- off the hook
- Of a telephone, having an open connection; not hung up
I think he left the phone off the hook so that nobody would call him.
- off the hook
- Performing extraordinarily well
That's five three-pointers in a row! Smith is off the hook!.
- off the hook
- Relieved of a duty, burden, responsibility, or pressure
Without any evidence, the police had to let the suspect off the hook.
- on-hook
- Describing the idle state of a subscriber or PBX user loop
- on-hook
- Describing the state of a telephone (or similar device) when it is available but not in use
- ring off the hook
- Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively
I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since.
- shook
- A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood
- shook
- Simple past of shake
- treble hook
- A fishhook where three hooks share a single shank, each point separated by 120º
- shook
- The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together
- shook
- {s} agitated, shocked, deeply upset
- shook
- or poet
- shook
- A set of boards for a sugar box
- shook
- To pack, as staves, in a shook
- shook
- {i} shock, bundle of grain or corn; set of wood and metal pieces for constructing a barrel or box
- shook
- & obs
- shook
- A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form
- hook
- {v} to fix on a hook, bend, catch, draw
- hook
- {n} a bent piece of iron snare, trap
- shook
- cut-to-size lumber pallet components, such as deckboards, stringers, stringer-boards, or blocks, to be assembled into pallets
- shook
- Shook is the past tense of shake. the past tense of shake
- shook
- {n} a bundle of staves packed in form of a cask
- shook
- of Shake
- Tricyrtis hirta hook
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) Tricyrtis hirta Hook. (Toad Lily, Hairy Toad Lily) is a hardy perennial in the family Liliaceae that is native to Japan, growing on shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks. The flowers are wide with six whitish to pale purple tepals that have dark purple spots
- arrestor hook
- (Havacılık) A tailhook or arrestor hook is a device attached to the rear of an aircraft. It is used to achieve rapid deceleration after landing, usually on an aircraft carrier
- butcher's hook
- (deyim) Butcher's hook is a rhyming slang for 'look'
- emotinal hook
- Emotions trigger responses before cognitive thought. Play charades at a gathering of family or friends that includes adults and children. Include words that are associated with emotions (e.g., anticipation, elation)
- hook up with
- (deyim) Join, travel together. "In Calgary, I hooked up with a guy from Montreal."
- hook up with
- (deyim) Take in marriage, marry, get married, wed, conjoin, get hitched with, espouse, tie the knot, get hitched
- hook-up
- Courtship, especially of short duration
- let off the hook
- (deyim) Allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do
John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place, so that lets me off the hook.
- on the hook
- Caught in a different or dangerous situation
- shook
- a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
- shook
- Cut-to-size pallet parts to be assembled into pallets
- shook
- cut-to-size lumber pallet components, such as deckboards, stringers, stringerboards, or blocks, to be assembled into pallets
- Sandy Hook
- A low peninsula of eastern New Jersey at the entrance to Lower New York Bay. It separates Sandy Hook Bay from the Atlantic Ocean and was first explored by Europeans in 1609
- boat hook
- A pole with a metal point and hook at one end used especially to maneuver logs, rafts, and boats. a long pole with an iron hook at the end, used to pull or push a small boat
- by hook and by crook
- at any price, by any mean necessary, however it must be done
- cant hook
- a peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs
- cant hook
- A wooden lever with a movable iron hook
- curtain hook
- a small hook that is joined to the top of a curtain so that you can hang it up
- hook
- A narrative trick in the lead paragraph that "hooks" a reader's attention and keeps them reading
- hook
- If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles Eager to hook into a career but can't find one right for you?
- hook
- anything that serves as an enticement
- hook
- If someone gets off the hook or is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. His opponents have no intention of letting him off the hook until he agrees to leave office immediately
- hook
- That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns
- hook
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- hook
- If you hook your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it. She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree
- hook
- If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook
- hook
- A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match. Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook
- hook
- If you hook into the Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it. an interactive media tent where people will be able to hook into the internet. Hook up means the same as hook. a UK firm that lets Britons hook up to the Internet
- hook
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking"
- hook
- take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
- hook
- To steal
- hook
- entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
- hook
- Features, definitions, or codings that enable future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily
- hook
- {i} curved piece of metal or other material by which things are hung or attached; fishhook; curve, angle, sharp bend; short punch (Boxing)
- hook
- An assembler instruction inserted in the user application code that gives the Enterprise Toolkit for OS/390 Performance Analyzer control to perform analysis
- hook
- A short punchy opening sentence intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play
- hook
- hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
- hook
- 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
- hook
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- hook
- When you write your admissions essays, you'll want to engage your readers quickly Using your "hook," a unique personal trait or experience, is one way to achieve this goal If you're a dedicated and accomplished cellist, or have trekked through the Himalyas, these might make good starting points for college essays Your hook will be something about you that's unique and interesting
- hook
- A hook is a processing step where the handlers (callback procedures) registered for this Hook will be called In Apache 1 3, the hooks were defined by the module API, while Apache 2 allows adding new hooks
- hook
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something a catch for locking a door a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
- hook
- means a single-, double- or triple-pointed hook on a common shaft, and includes hooks attached to a lure (Note: some legal lures appear to have a hook with four points, but actually have two shafts each with two points)
- hook
- a catch for locking a door
- hook
- Refers to the amount, measured in boards and angle, that a bowling ball deviates from its original trajectory during its path down the lane
- hook
- catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
- hook
- a hit that is executed by the batter swinging his bat around his body, and following up with a complete body turn, usually pivoting on one foot works best on a pitch that is moving away from the batter on his "leg" side (see definition)
- hook
- 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
- approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
- hook
- When a ball moves right to left for a right-handed player, left to right for a left-handed player I
- hook
- To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp
- hook
- - A clever phrase or melody used to capture the consumer's attention and help make the advertising message more memorable
- hook
- To block a following rider by moving the back wheel to the side
- hook
- If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring
- hook
- hook up: To have sexual intercourse with
- hook
- The item of information that attracts the attention of the new personnel as a potential news angle
- hook
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
- hook
- The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; called also hook bones
- hook and eye
- a kind of fastener used on clothing
- hook line and sinker
- in every detail; "he believed her story hook, line, and sinker
- hook up
- When someone hooks up a computer or other electronic machine, they connect it to other similar machines or to a central power supply. technicians who hook up computer systems and networks He brought it down, hooked it up, and we got the generator going. if the machine is hooked up to an apartment's central wiring system
- hook up
- connection to a central system; connect to a central system
- hook wrench
- a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head
- hook-
- approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
- hook-
- take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
- hook-
- A ball that breaks to the left for right-handers and to the right for lefties
- hook-
- A player may spoil an opponent player's shot by putting their mallet in the way of the striking player However, a cross hook is a foul
- hook-
- hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
- hook-
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- hook-
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- hook-
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- hook-
- overcharge: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- hook-
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- hook-
- the curved trajectory of a ball due to spin imparted on it by a kicker, such as in a banana kick
- hook-
- means a single-, double- or triple-pointed hook on a common shaft, and includes hooks attached to a lure (Note: some legal lures appear to have a hook with four points, but actually have two shafts each with two points)
- hook-
- A radar reflectivity pattern characterized by a hook-shaped extension of a thunderstorm echo, usually in the right-rear part of the storm (relative to its direction of motion) A hook often is associated with a mesocyclone, and indicates favorable conditions for tornado development
- hook-
- To block a following rider by moving the back wheel to the side
- hook-
- a shot that travels from right to left (right-handed player) - more severe than a draw Example: He sliced his tee shot and hooked his approach
- hook-nosed
- having an aquiline nose
- off hook
- A line is off hook when the line is closed and current is flowing
- off hook
- busy, in use, connected, not hung up
- off the hook(p)
- freed from danger or blame or obligation; "I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand
- off-hook
- Off-hook occurs when the handset is not resting on the station's switch hook/flash hook or the Speaker button is activated
- off-hook
- The condition that is similar to picking up a telephone receiver
- off-hook
- 1 A change in line voltage caused when the receiver or handset is lifted from the hookswitch A traditional PBX or local telephone company recognizes this line voltage change as a request for dial tone 2 A call condition in which transmission facilities are already in use Also known as busy
- off-hook
- Off-Hook is the condition that exists when the telephone handset is removed from the hookswitch cradle (indicating a busy condition)
- off-hook
- Activated (in regard to a telephone set) By extension, a data set automatically answering on a public switched system is said to go off-hook Contrast with on-hook
- off-hook
- When the handset is lifted from its cradle its off-hook The term originated when the early handsets were actually suspended from a metal hook on the phone In modern phones, when the handset is removed from its hook or cradle, it completes the electrical loop, thus signaling the central office to provide dial tone
- on hook
- (1) Condition existing when the receiver or handset is resting on the switchhook (2) The idle state (open loop) of a single telephone or PBX line loop
- on-hook
- the action of placing the receiver on the cradle, breaking the connection
- on-hook
- The condition that is similar to hanging up a telephone receiver
- on-hook
- On-Hook is the condition that exists when the telephone handset is positioned on the hookswitch cradle (indicating an idle condition)
- sling one's hook
- go away, get out (Slang)
- swallow the hook line and sinker
- believe everything one hears
- towing hook
- hook attached to a towing cable, hook used to pull objects
- v hook
- A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V