🇬🇧 en ru 🇷🇺

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.
 крюк, гак, крючо́к
  • A snare; a trap.
  • (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
  • (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • (typography, rare) A háček.
  • (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
  • (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
 хук
  • A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
 крючо́к, хво́стик

hooking

подсечка

hook verb

  /huːk/ , /hʉk/ , /hʊk/
  • (usually, in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
 подса́живать, подсади́ть
  • (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.
 соединя́ть

hooked adjective

  /hʊkt/
  • Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
 зави́симый
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
 крючкова́тый
Wiktionary Links