Main Entry: ²hook

Function: verb

Date: 13th century

transitive verb

1 : to form into a hook : crook
2 a : to seize or make fast by or as if by a hook b : to connect by or as if by a hook —often used with up
3 : steal, pilfer
4 : to make (as a rug) by drawing loops of yarn, thread, or cloth through a coarse fabric with a hook
5 : to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook resultsintransitive verb 1 : to form a hook : curve
2 : to become hooked
3 : to work as a prostitute