hooked on
idiom
1
: addicted to (a drug)
He got hooked on drugs at an early age.
2
: very interested and enthusiastic about (something)
He's hooked on skiing.
She got hooked on the show after watching one episode.
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Currently, we’re all really hooked on this band The Tubs.
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Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 18 June 2025
Then, during the COVID-19 lockdown, Kosinski got hooked on the Netflix docu-series Drive to Survive, which follows teams over the course of the Formula One season.
—EW.com, 16 June 2025
After that summer, the family was hooked on summer camp abroad, and returned to the Netherlands for several years to enroll their kids in other camps.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
Mendler continued her studies at MIT, but she was now thoroughly hooked on space.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
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Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 18 June 2025
Then, during the COVID-19 lockdown, Kosinski got hooked on the Netflix docu-series Drive to Survive, which follows teams over the course of the Formula One season.
—EW.com, 16 June 2025
After that summer, the family was hooked on summer camp abroad, and returned to the Netherlands for several years to enroll their kids in other camps.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
Mendler continued her studies at MIT, but she was now thoroughly hooked on space.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
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“Hooked on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooked%20on. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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