fishhook

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
2. (slang) A jack (type of playing card).

Verb

1. (transitive) To impale with a fishhook.
2. (intransitive) To bend back on itself like a fishhook.

Sinónimos

hook

🪝

fishing gear

crotchet

fish hook

dig

fishing

🎣

gaff

hand

✋

angle

lure

needle

stool pigeon

teeth

🦷

tooth

🦷

animal food

bird’s beak

hand of bananas

bait

barbed hook

decoy

Traducións

hameçon

Angelhaken

anzuelo

🪝

amo

🪝

anzol

🪝

vishaak

angel

αγκίστρι

hamo

ham

hāmus

Mastfutter

Süßstoff

Köder

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: fisch-hook

Herdado de Old English: *fischōc

Relativo a neerlandés: vishaak

In summary

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.