hook shot hook | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent |
hook draw hooking | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer, he took lessons to cure his hooking |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
hadrosaur hadrosaurus duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
kingfisher | nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill, usually crested and brightolored, feed mostly on fish |
Eurasian kingfisher Alcedo atthis | small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage |
belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon | greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus duckbill duckbilled platypus duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
boatbill boat-billed heron broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
razorbill razor-billed auk Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
thick-billed murre Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
arrester arrester hook | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
bench hook | any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing) |
boat hook | pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats |
cant hook | a peavey having a hook instead of a spike, used for handling logs |
crochet needle crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
cup hook | hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups |
grapnel grapple grappler grappling hook grappling iron | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding, often thrown with a rope |
hook | a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
hook claw | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
hook | a catch for locking a door |
hook and eye | a kind of fastener used on clothing |
hook wrench hook spanner | a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head |
meat hook | a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung |
peavey peavy cant dog dog hook | a stout lever with a sharp spike, used for handling logs |
poker stove poker fire hook salamander | fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle, used to stir a fire |
pruner pruning hook lopper | a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper, used to prune small trees |
sickle reaping hook reap hook | an edge tool for cutting grass or crops, has a curved blade and a short handle |
bait come-on hook lure sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement |
Hook of Holland Hoek van Holland | a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam |
kingfisher daisy Felicia bergeriana | softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays |
hook crotchet | a sharp curve or crook, a shape resembling a hook |
take up latch on fasten on hook on seize on | adopt, take up new ideas |
hook solicit accost | approach with an offer of sexual favors, he was solicited by a prostitute, The young man was caught soliciting in the park |
hook snare | entice and trap, The car salesman had snared three potential customers |
hook | secure with the foot, hook the ball |
addict hook | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
hook | fasten with a hook |
hook | catch with a hook, hook a fish |
hook up | connect or link, hook up the houses to the gas supply line, Hook up the components of the new sound system |
hook | hit with a hook, His opponent hooked him badly |
hook | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left |
crochet hook | make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle, She sat there crocheting all day |
c pilfer cabbage purloin pinch abstract snarf swipe hook sneak filch nobble lift c | make off with belongings of others |
overcharge soak surcharge gazump fleece plume pluck rob hook | rip off, ask an unreasonable price |