hook

Sense 1 noun

a catch for locking a door

Sense 2 verb

fasten with a hook

Sense 3 noun

a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

Sense 4 verb

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Sense 5 noun

anything that serves as an enticement

Sense 6 verb

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

She sat there crocheting all day

Sense 7 noun

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

Sense 8 verb

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

Sense 9 noun

a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

Sense 10 verb

take by theft

Someone snitched my wallet!

Sense 11 noun

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

he took lessons to cure his hooking

Sense 12 verb

make off with belongings of others

Sense 13 noun

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

Sense 14 verb

hit with a hook

His opponent hooked him badly

Sense 15 noun

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

Sense 16 verb

catch with a hook

hook a fish

Sense 17 verb

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

Sense 18 verb

secure with the foot

hook the ball

Sense 19 verb

entice and trap

The car salesman had snared three potential customers

Sense 20 verb

approach with an offer of sexual favors

he was solicited by a prostitute