as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
delivered a hard right hook that struck his opponent in the eye
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as in to bend
to cause to turn away from a straight line
the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed
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as in to connect
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace
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as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them
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as in to grab
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
I hooked the biggest fish of the day, and then released it
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as in to curve
to turn away from a straight line or course
hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward
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Recent Examples of hook
Ashley Capoot,cj Haddad,samantha Subin,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Over the last few years, the world of emissions standard setting has become increasingly contentious, so much so that even a few words can trigger a fight about whether companies are getting off the hook or being held to account.
—Justin Worland, Time, 12 June 2026
Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 11 June 2026
MicroCo’s rule of thumb is that a show must hook a viewer within 3 seconds (give or take a few seconds).
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 June 2026
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SpaceX shareholders are on the hook for every Grok lawsuit, criminal investigation, and regulatory fine that is coming.
—Ashley Capoot,cj Haddad,samantha Subin,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Over the last few years, the world of emissions standard setting has become increasingly contentious, so much so that even a few words can trigger a fight about whether companies are getting off the hook or being held to account.
—Justin Worland, Time, 12 June 2026
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By then, OpenAI had rolled out its GPT-4o model, which the lawsuit claims was designed to keep users hooked, and enabled ChatGPT to behave like an unlicensed therapist.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 11 June 2026
MicroCo’s rule of thumb is that a show must hook a viewer within 3 seconds (give or take a few seconds).
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hook
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The rookie took a deep breath, settled into his stance and watched as Houston’s pitcher, Enyel De Los Santos, attempted to deliver the final blow.—
Latif Love
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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Star third baseman José Ramírez broke a bone in his left hand on a swing Saturday and will be sidelined for an indefinite period, a massive blow to the two-time defending AL Central champions.—
Tom Withers,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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How to build systems that bend instead of break.—
Victoria Chynoweth,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Keeping your heel down, bend your front knee to touch the wall without your heel lifting.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Signed in Kanji, the jersey sold for $330,200, connecting a generational talent to one of baseball’s most enduring legacies.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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It's also connected to Remedy's larger connected universe, which includes Alan Wake and Alan Wake II.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec. 2025
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But Maduro stole the election and unleashed brutal repression.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Dec. 2025
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Sophi Balerdi tried to steal Steven’s Block-a-Vote advantage at Tribal Council, but because Steven had already activated it back at camp, Sophie was left embarrassed and empty-handed while Steven appeared to hold all the cards, especially when Rizo Velocic decided to not play his immunity idol.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Dec. 2025
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Grant asks Chris about the boxing gloves now for sale in the night store, but Katie forestalls him by running over and grabbing them, nearly flattening Chris.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Demonstrators grabbed bricks from the ground to throw at police, as tear gas was deployed in Geneva's streets, witnesses told Reuters.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Additive manufacturing allows load-bearing structures to follow curved, organic geometries dictated by optimization algorithms rather than the straight ribs and stringers of traditional airframes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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The track includes a bumpy stone staircase, a fast dash up a hill at a 40-degree incline and a sharp turn over a ramp curved at a 30-degree angle.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
30 Nov. 2025
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Greenstein and Goldberg tried — and failed — to dissuade their boss from giving Will Smith and his company Westbrook an overall deal with the studio, arguing that the Oscar-slap controversy and a dodgy box office track record would result in more headaches than hits.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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That included two stellar stops in the waning seconds of the third with Carolina on the power play, rebuffing a slap shot and then blocking the rebound with his leg pad.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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The doorways in the lobby and upstairs corridors are arched, like the sanctuary's vaulted ceiling.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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The limestone arches overhead in swirls of gray and rusty brown.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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“Hook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hook. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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