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| hook |
to hold, hang, secure, or pull with or as with a hook. [5/19 definitions] |
| hook and eye |
a clothes-fastening device having a small metal hook, on one side of the opening, that attaches to a loop or small bar on the other side. |
| hook and ladder |
a fire engine carrying extension ladders, hooked tools, and other equipment; hook-and-ladder truck. |
| hooked |
curved or shaped like a hook. [3/4 definitions] |
| hook up |
to connect or fasten with a hook or hooks. [1/3 definitions] |
| lanyard |
a cord attached to a hook and used to fire cannon. [1/4 definitions] |
| peavey |
a heavy wooden lever that has a metal hook at the end, used in handling logs. |
| pothook |
a hook used to hang a pot or kettle over a fire, or a rod with a hook used to lift hot pots, irons, or the like, from a stove top or fire. [1/2 definitions] |
| Punch |
the hook-nosed, humpbacked husband of Judy in the Punch-and-Judy puppet show. |
| rod |
a long thin flexible pole, usu. equipped with a reel as well as a line and hook, that is used in catching fish; fishing rod. [1/7 definitions] |
| screw hook |
a screw with an elongated head in the shape of a hook. |
| tenterhook |
a hook or bent nail that holds cloth stretched on a framework. |
| unhook |
to remove from a hook or hooks. [2/3 definitions] |
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