n. A curved or angular piece of metal or other firm substance, either separate or forming part of another object, adapted to catch, hold, pull down, or sustain something: as, a fish-hook; the hook of a gate-hinge; a pothook; a crochet-hook; a cotton-hook; a car-hook; the hooks of the teasel.n. A curved instrument for cutting grass or grain; a sickle, especially one with a broad blade and a smooth edge; an instrument for cutting or lopping.n. A projecting point or spit of land on the sea- or lake-coast, which ends with a recurved or hook-shaped form: as, Sandy Hook, near New York.n. In musical notation, a pennant attached to the stem of eighth-notes, sixteenth-notes, etc.: as, Also called flag.n. One of the projecting points of the thigh-bones of cattle. Also called hook-bone.n. In ship-building, same as breast-hook.n. That which catches; a snare; a trap.n. A catch; an advantage.n. In agriculture, a field sown two years in succession.n. Disordered; disturbed; sick.n. Out of existence; dead.To fasten with a hook or hooks; catch or seize with or as if with a hook: as, to hook a trout.To attack with the horns; catch on the horns: as, to be hooked by a cow.To catch by artifice; entrap; insnare.To steal by grasping; catch up and make off with.To attach by means of a hook, literally or figuratively.To bend; be in or take the form of a hook.To become attached by means of a hook, or something resembling a hook: as, a chain that hooks on to the watch.To have a habit of attacking with the horns: said of a cow or other horned animal.To turn away; depart; decamp: now (transitively) with an indefinite it, as a slang phrase.[That is, ‘All the heap (fleet) together hooked out of haven, had the wind at their back.’]n. In golf: The angle of the face of a club when it lies in to the ball.n. A ball played with a distinct curve to the left.n. In cricket, the hook-stroke (which see).n. A curved or angled line added to a written or printed letter, or forming apart of it, or, as in phonography, used as a distinct symbol.n. In well-boring, a fishing-tool in the form of a horizontally curved hook which engages the shoulder of rods or tools that may have become unscrewed.In golf, to play (a ball) so that it curves more or less to the left.In cricket, to hit (the ball) to the ‘on’ side with a horizontal bat, after stepping back: said of the batsman.