Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks

• - the truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate

• - she tried to hook up her bra

Be or become attached with a hook

• - a ladder that hooks over the roof ridge

Bend or be bent into the shape of a hook so as to fasten around or to an object

• - he hooked his thumbs in his belt

• - her legs hooked around mine

Catch with a hook

• - he hooked a 24-lb pike

Captivate

• - I was hooked by John's radical zeal

Steal

Strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently

Punch one's opponent with the elbow bent

Push (the ball) backward with the foot from the front line in a scrum

(of a player) Hook the ball

A piece of metal or other material, curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on

• - a picture hook

A bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish

A cradle on which a telephone receiver rests

A thing designed to catch people's attention

• - companies are looking for a sales hook

A chorus or repeated instrumental passage in a piece of music, esp. a pop or rock song, that gives it immediate appeal and makes it easy to remember

A curved cutting instrument, esp. as used for reaping or shearing

A short swinging punch made with the elbow bent, esp. in boxing

• - a perfectly timed right hook to the chin

A stroke that makes the ball deviate in flight in the direction of the follow-through (from right to left for a right-handed player), typically inadvertently

A curved stroke in handwriting, esp. as made in learning to write

An added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for an eighth note or other note

A curved promontory or sand spit