What is another word for hook?

Common synonyms for hook include bait, come-on, lure, sweetener.

What is the past tense of hook?

The past tense of hook is hooked.

hook

Q: What rhymes with hook?

Words that rhyme with hook include look, took, book, cook, shook, brooke.

/hʊk/noun, verb1 syllable

Hook means: make off with belongings of others.

Synonyms for hook38

noun, as in anything that serves as an enticement

bait, come-on, lure, sweetener

noun, as in a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

draw, hooking

noun, as in a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

crotchet

noun, as in a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

claw

noun, as in a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

hook shot

verb, as in make off with belongings of others

pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

verb, as in rip off; ask an unreasonable price

overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob

verb, as in take by theft

snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom

verb, as in entice and trap

snare, solicit, accost

verb, as in approach with an offer of sexual favors

solicit, accost, snare

verb, as in make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

crochet

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

addict

Opposites of hook

unhook

What does hook mean?20

verb

make off with belongings of others

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

take by theft“Someone snitched my wallet!”

entice and trap“The car salesman had snared three potential customers”

approach with an offer of sexual favors“he was solicited by a prostitute”

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle“She sat there crocheting all day”

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

fasten with a hook

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

hit with a hook“His opponent hooked him badly”

catch with a hook“hook a fish”

secure with the foot“hook the ball”

noun

anything that serves as an enticement

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer“he took lessons to cure his hooking”

a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

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

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

a catch for locking a door

a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hook?13

one syllable

look took book cook shook brooke brook crooknookrook

two syllables

mistook

three syllables

undertookovertook

Show 40 near rhymes

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Hook in a sentence

I got several bites, but couldn't hook a fish.CK
I got several bites, but could not hook a fish.CC
Could you grab the keys from the hook, please?Amastan
Let me off the hook this time, please.CM
Hang your backpack on the hook, not on the chair.Amastan
The public bought it hook, line and sinker, didn't they?CM
If so, you would be off the hook.Schierbeck
Since my nephew was still young, he was let off the hook.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of hook

as a noun

plural: hooks

as a verb

past tense: hooked
present participle: hooking
third-person singular: hooks
past participle: hooked