" hook "

[Noun]  | "hook" | \ ˈhu̇k \

1: a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling

2: something intended to attract and ensnare

3: anchor

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, from Old English hōc; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian kengė hook;

[Noun]  | "hook and eye" 

1: a 2-part fastening device (as on a garment or a door) consisting of a metal hook that catches over a bar or into a loop

Origin: circa 1626 ;

[Noun]  | "hook and ladder truck" 

1: a piece of mobile fire apparatus carrying ladders and usually other firefighting and rescue equipment —called also hook and ladder, ladder truck

Origin: 1865 ;

[Noun]  | "hook check" 

1: an act or instance of attempting to knock the puck away from an opponent in ice hockey by hooking it with the stick

Origin: circa 1939 ;

[Noun]  | "hook shot" 

1: a shot in basketball made usually while standing sideways to the basket by swinging the ball up in an arc with the far hand

Origin: circa 1932 ;

[Verb]  | "hook" 

1: to form into a hook : crook

2: to seize or make fast by or as if by a hook

3: to connect by or as if by a hook —often used with up

Origin: 13th century ;

[Verb]  | "hook up" 

1: to become associated especially in a working or social relationship

2: to have a casual sexual encounter

3: connect

Origin: 1904 ;

[Adverb]  | "hook, line and sinker" 

1: without hesitation or reservation : completely

Origin: 1838 ;

 From analogy with a well-hooked fish;

[Geographical name]  | "Hook of Holland" | \ ˈhu̇k \

1: headland on the coast southwest of The Hague in the South Holland province in the southwestern part of the Netherlands

[Phrasal verb]  | "hook into" 

1: to become connected to (something, such as a computer network or a source of electrical power)

[Noun]  | "hook" 

[Verb]  | "hook" 

[Verb]  | "hook up (with)" 

[Verb]  | "hook up" 

[Verb]  | "ring" 

[Verb]  | "ring" 

[Verb]  | "ring (up)" 

[Phrase]  | "on one's own hook"