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 |
arrester arrester hook | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
bead | a small ball with a hole through the middle |
beading bead beadwork astragal | a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture |
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 |
quirk bead bead and quirk | beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates |
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 |
white baneberry white cohosh white bead doll's eyes Actaea alba | North American herb with white poisonous berries |
cat'slaw catclaw black bead Pithecellodium unguisati | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds, West Indies and Florida |
bead tree jumby bean jumby tree Ormosia monosperma | small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers, seeds are black or scarlet with black spots |
jumby bead jumbie bead Ormosia coarctata | West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds |
sensitive fern bead fern Onoclea sensibilis | beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe, pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched, pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes |
hook crotchet | a sharp curve or crook, a shape resembling a hook |
drop bead pearl | a shape that is spherical and small, he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops, beads of sweat on his forehead |
take up latch on fasten on hook on seize on | adopt, take up new ideas |
draw a bead on aspire aim shoot for | have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal |
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 |
draw a bead on | aim with a gun, The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit |
addict hook | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
bead | string together like beads |
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 |
bead | decorate by sewing beads onto, bead the wedding gown |
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 |
hook snitch thieve cop knock off glom | take by theft, Someone snitched my wallet! |