hook

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Oznaczający (Angielski)

1. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
2. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
3. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
4. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
5. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
6. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
7. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
8. A snare; a trap.
9. An advantageous hold.
10. The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
11. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
12. A field sown two years in succession.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. (slang) A finesse.
16. (slang) A jack (the playing card).
17. A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
18. A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
19. (informal) A ship's anchor.
20. Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
21. 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.
22. A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
23. A háček.
24. Senses relating to sports.
25. Senses relating to sports.
26. Senses relating to sports.
27. Senses relating to sports.
28. Senses relating to sports.
29. Senses relating to sports.
30. Senses relating to sports.
31. Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
32. (slang) A prostitute.
33. (obsolete,slang) A pickpocket.
34. Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
35. A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.

catch

be caught

agraf

hitch on

hook on

crochet needle

long-handled hook

iron hook

recurved spit

connect with a hook

elephant goad

mahout’s hook

try to attract

try to be attraction

try to grape attention

lace

lasso

collar

try to snare women’s attention

be fastened with

lifting hook

bird’s beak

barbed hook

grab hook

hooked spit

pipe hanger

lift hook

reach with a hook

become entangled

be hooked

drop-hanger

drop hanger

suspension hook

snatch up

toe-nail

external reference

fish-hook

be caught by a hook

be hold of

hand of bananas

Częstotliwość

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/hʊk/

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Cognates Compare West Frisian heak, Dutch haak (“hook”)) (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk); also related to hake.