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Noun

S: (n) hook (hook%1:06:03::) (a catch for locking a door)
S: (n) hook (hook%1:25:00::), crotchet (crotchet%1:25:00::) (a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook)
S: (n) bait (bait%1:09:00::), come-on (come-on%1:09:00::), hook (hook%1:09:00::), lure (lure%1:09:00::), sweetener (sweetener%1:09:00::) (anything that serves as an enticement)
S: (n) hook (hook%1:06:01::), claw (claw%1:06:00::) (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something)
S: (n) hook (hook%1:06:00::) (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)
S: (n) hook (hook%1:04:02::), draw (draw%1:04:03::), hooking (hooking%1:04:00::) (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer) "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
S: (n) hook (hook%1:04:00::) (a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent)
S: (n) hook shot (hook_shot%1:04:00::), hook (hook%1:04:03::) (a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket)

Verb

S: (v) hook (hook%2:35:00::) (fasten with a hook)
S: (v) overcharge (overcharge%2:40:00::), soak (soak%2:40:00::), surcharge (surcharge%2:40:00::), gazump (gazump%2:40:00::), fleece (fleece%2:40:00::), plume (plume%2:40:00::), pluck (pluck%2:40:00::), rob (rob%2:40:01::), hook (hook%2:40:02::) (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
S: (v) crochet (crochet%2:36:00::), hook (hook%2:36:00::) (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle) "She sat there crocheting all day"
S: (v) hook (hook%2:35:03::) (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)
S: (v) hook (hook%2:40:01::), snitch (snitch%2:40:00::), thieve (thieve%2:40:00::), cop (cop%2:40:00::), knock off (knock_off%2:40:00::), glom (glom%2:40:00::) (take by theft) "Someone snitched my wallet!"
S: (v) pilfer (pilfer%2:40:00::), cabbage (cabbage%2:40:00::), purloin (purloin%2:40:00::), pinch (pinch%2:40:00::), abstract (abstract%2:40:00::), snarf (snarf%2:40:00::), swipe (swipe%2:40:00::), hook (hook%2:40:00::), sneak (sneak%2:40:00::), filch (filch%2:40:00::), nobble (nobble%2:40:00::), lift (lift%2:40:00::) (make off with belongings of others)
S: (v) hook (hook%2:35:02::) (hit with a hook) "His opponent hooked him badly"
S: (v) hook (hook%2:35:01::) (catch with a hook) "hook a fish"
S: (v) addict (addict%2:34:00::), hook (hook%2:34:00::) (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))
S: (v) hook (hook%2:33:00::) (secure with the foot) "hook the ball"
S: (v) hook (hook%2:32:09::), snare (snare%2:32:00::) (entice and trap) "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
S: (v) hook (hook%2:32:00::), solicit (solicit%2:32:01::), accost (accost%2:32:00::) (approach with an offer of sexual favors) "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"