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hook noun

  /huːk/ , /hʊk/
  • A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
  • A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
  • (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
 koukku
  • (baseball) A curveball.
  • (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
 kierrepallo
  • A snare; a trap.
 ansa
  • (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
 hukki
  • (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
 jätkä
  • (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.
 kaaripallo
  • (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
 potkut
  • The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  • (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
 saranakoukku
  • Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
 vesuri

hook verb

  /huːk/ , /hʊk/
  • (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
 huorata
  • (usually, in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
 jäädä koukkuun, koukuttaa, olla koukussa
  • (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
 keihästää
  • (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
  • (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
 koukata
  • (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
 koukuttaa, napata
  • (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
  • (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  • (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
 kytkeä, liittää
  • (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
 laittaa koukkuun
  • (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
 lyödä hukki
  • (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
 potkaista banaanipotku, potkaista kierrepotku
  • (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
 ripustaa koukkuun, saada koukkuun

hooked adjective

  /hʊkt/
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
 koukkumainen
  • Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
 koukussa, riippuvainen

hooking noun

  /ˈhʊkɪŋ/
  • (ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
 koukkaaminen
hook up
johdottaa, kytkeä, liittää, lyöttäytyä yhteen, saada
wad hook
pesuri
narrative hook
koukku
fish hook
ongenkoukku
by hook or by crook
keinolla millä hyvänsä, puukoin ja puntarein
hook and eye
hakanen ja vastakappale
grappling hook
entraushaka, heittokoukku
hook, line and sinker
niellä nahkoineen karvoineen
crochet hook
virkkuukoukku
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