SkyfireDict

hooking   (TTS Sound)

The noun hooking has 1 sense

• hook, draw, hooking -- (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking")

The verb hook has 12 senses

• hook -- (fasten with a hook)


• overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)


• crochet, hook -- (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day")


• hook -- (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)


• hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom -- (take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!")


• pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)


• hook -- (hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly")


• hook -- (catch with a hook; "hook a fish")


• addict, hook -- (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))


• hook -- (secure with the foot; "hook the ball")


• hook, snare -- (entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers")


• hook, solicit, accost -- (approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park")