'hook' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'hook' with 9 example sentences.

hook noun

: a catch for locking a door

: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

: anything that serves as an enticement

: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

hook verb

: fasten with a hook

: rip off; ask an unreasonable price

: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

: take by theft

: make off with belongings of others

: hit with a hook

: catch with a hook

: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

: secure with the foot

: entice and trap

: approach with an offer of sexual favors

A towel is hanging on the hook.

The phone was off the hook.

Hang your jacket on the hook by the door.

We still have to look for the hook.

I put bait on the hook.

You're off the hook.

My cousin is hooked on smack.

He got hooked on drugs at a young age.

It looks like you've hooked a big one.

Words related to 'hook'

catch hang hitch