- aquiline, hooked - curved down like an eagle's beak
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out - addicted to a drug
Antonym: unaddicted (indirect, via addicted)
- hook - fasten with a hook
--1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Antonyms: unhook
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun hook4, noun hook1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
--2 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- crochet, hook - make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
--3 is one way to loop, intertwine
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun hook5
Somebody ----s something
- hook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
--4 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun hook6, noun hooker4, noun hooking1
Somebody ----s something
- hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
--5 is one way to steal
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Somebody ----s something
- pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift - make off with belongings of others
--6 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
They hook the goods
- hook - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
--7 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun hook7
The fighter managed to hook his opponent
- hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
--8 is one way to catch, grab, take hold of
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun hook5
Somebody ----s something
- addict, hook - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
--9 is one way to habituate, accustom
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun hook3
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- hook - secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
--10 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hook, snare - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
--11 is one way to entice, lure, tempt
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun hook3
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- hook, solicit, accost - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
--12 is one way to offer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
- hook, snare - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"