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Hooked   /hʊkt/   Listen
verb
Hook  v. t.  (past & past part. hooked; pres. part. hooking)  
1.
To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. "Hook him, my poor dear,... at any sacrifice."
2.
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
3.
To steal. (Colloq. Eng. & U.S.)
To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.


Hook  v. i.  
1.
To bend; to curve as a hook.
2.
To move or go with a sudden turn; hence (Slang or Prov. Eng.), To make off; to clear out; often with it. "Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it."


adjective
Hooked  adj.  
1.
Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
2.
Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Hooked" Quotes from Famous Books



... wanted to meet with you to ask you if is true that you tear open your breast with your hooked bill, and feed your ...
— Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy • Frank Richard Stockton
... a hurry 'bout something," grunted Teddy. "Maybe they've hooked us on the wrong train, and we're bound ...
— The Circus Boys Across The Continent • Edgar B. P. Darlington
... at breakfast opposite his niece with a twinkle set in his eye like a cherry-clack in a tree, relishing beforehand her smiles, and blushes, and gratitude to him for having hooked and played his friend, so that now she had but to land him. "I'll just finish this delicious cup of coffee," thought he, "and then I'll tell you, my lady." While he was slowly sipping said cup, Lucy looked up ...
— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade
... times again when Lilly would bare her teeth and crunch them in a paroxysm of rage and tyranny over little Harry. She would delight in making herself terrible to him, pinch and tower over the huddle of him with her hands hooked inward like talons. His meekness hurt her to frenzy, and because she was ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst
... jeep Stan hooked a ride to the camp. He walked into operations and up to the desk. A major ...
— A Yankee Flier Over Berlin • Al Avery


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