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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.
  • 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/ , /hʉk/ , /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).
  • (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
 kytkeä, liittää
  • (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
 kytkeä, liittää, ripustaa koukkuun
  • (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 work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
 ripustaa koukkuun
  • (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
 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
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