Definition of Hook

Hook

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.

See Eccentric, and V-hook.

A snare; a trap.

A field sown two years in succession.

The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

To steal.

To bend; to curve as a hook.

A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.

To move or go with a sudden turn;

to make off; to clear out; -- often with it.

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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.
Mitch Hedberg

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's fun to do a comedy and hook people in and then hoodwink them into watching a serious movie. I like to lead in with the comedy and then hit them over the head with a drama.
Reese Witherspoon

I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.
Larry David

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
Ovid

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
Ovid

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
Ovid

I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.
Lyndon B. Johnson