Definition: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
Main entry: hook
Definition: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
Main entry: draw, hook, hooking
Definition: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
Usage: he took lessons to cure his hooking
Main entry: hook
Definition: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
Definition: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
Main entry: hook
Definition: a catch for locking a door
Main entry: lure, bait, come-on, sweetener, hook
Definition: anything that serves as an enticement
Definition: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
Main entry: solicit, hook, accost
Definition: approach with an offer of sexual favors
Usage: he was solicited by a prostitute; The young man was caught soliciting in the park
Definition: entice and trap
Usage: The car salesman had snared three potential customers
Main entry: hook
Definition: secure with the foot
Usage: hook the ball
Definition: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Main entry: hook
Definition: fasten with a hook
Main entry: hook
Definition: catch with a hook
Usage: hook a fish
Main entry: hook
Definition: hit with a hook
Usage: His opponent hooked him badly
Main entry: hook
Definition: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
Definition: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
Usage: She sat there crocheting all day
Main entry: abstract, filch, hook, snarf, sneak, nobble, swipe, cabbage, pilfer, pinch, purloin, lift
Definition: make off with belongings of others
Main entry: gazump, fleece, soak, overcharge, hook, rob, pluck, plume, surcharge
Definition: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Main entry: thieve, hook, glom, cop, snitch, knock off
Definition: take by theft
Usage: Someone snitched my wallet!