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hook verb

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  • (usually, in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
  • (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
 enganxar

hook noun

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
  • (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
  • (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
 ganxo
  • A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
 ganxo, garfi, croc

hooking noun

  /ˈhʊkɪŋ/
  • (ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
 enganxada

hooked adjective

  /hʊkt/
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
 ganxut
hook and eye
gafet
hook shot
ganxo
crochet hook
ganxet
fish hook
ham
hook up
encadenar, papallonejar
by hook or by crook
de grat o per força, de tota manera
hook pass
passada de ganxo
hook slide
lliscada de ganxo
hook check
presa de ganxo
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