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hook noun

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
 gancho, garfio
  • (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
 gancho

hook verb

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
  • (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.
 enganchar

hooked adjective

  /hʊkt/
  • Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
 adicto, enganchado, atrapado, enviciado
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
 aguileño, curvado, ganchudo

hooking noun

  /ˈhʊkɪŋ/
  • (ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
 enganche
hook up
coger, follar, pillar cacho
hook and eye
corchete
hook shot
gancho
by hook or by crook
de grado o por fuerza, de una forma u otra, por todos los medios
hook, line and sinker
como pescadito, con moño y todo, de cabo a rabo, de pe a pa, de principio a fin
grappling hook
arpeo, garfio arrojadizo, granpin
crochet hook
aguja de gancho, ganchillo, ganchillo de crochet
butcher's hook
gancho de carnicero, gancho de carnicería
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