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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hooker \Hook"er\, n.
One who, or that which, hooks.
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(Naut.)
A Dutch vessel with two masts.
A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland.
A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"prostitute," often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker (early 1863), and the word might have been popularized by this association at that time (though evidence is wanting). But it is reported to have been in use in North Carolina c.1845 ("[I]f he comes by way of Norfolk he will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel. Take my advice and touch nothing in the shape of a prostitute when you come through Raleigh, for in honest truth the clap is there of luxuriant growth." letter quoted in Norman E. Eliason, "Tarheel Talk," 1956).\n
\nOne early theory traces it to Corlear's Hook, a section of New York City.\n\nHOOKER. A resident of the Hook, i.e. a strumpet, a sailor's trull. So called from the number of houses of ill-fame frequented by sailors at the Hook (i.e. Corlear's Hook) in the city of New York.
[John Russell Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1859]
\nPerhaps related to hooker "thief, pickpocket" (1560s), but most likely a reference to prostitutes hooking or snaring clients. Hook in the figurative sense of "that by which anyone is attracted or caught" is recorded from early 15c.; and hook (v.) in the figurative sense of "catch hold of and draw in" is attested from 1570s; in reference to "fishing" for a husband or a wife, it was in common use from c.1800. All of which makes the modern sense seem a natural step. Compare French accrocheuse, raccrocheuse, common slang term for "street-walker, prostitute," literally "hooker" of men.\nThe family name Hooker (attested from c.975 C.E.) would mean "maker of hooks," or else refer to an agricultural laborer who used a hook (compare Old English weodhoc "weed-hook").
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who, or that which, hook#Verb. 2 (context slang English) A prostitute. (from 1845) 3 A small fishing boat. 4 (context nautical slang derogatory English) Any antiquated craft.
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Wikipedia
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Hooker (first name and dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1795 for Kent. He was a member of the Rochester Cricket Club and played invitation matches until 1807. He made 3 known appearances in first-class matches.
Hooker is first recorded playing for Kent against All-England at Penenden Heath from 31 August to 2 September 1795. Kent batted first and Hooker's 12 helped them to a total of 95 all out. All-England replied with 130 and Hooker was then dismissed for 1 in Kent's second innings of 99. All-England reached 65 for the loss of five wickets for a victory on the third day. Hooker made a pair (i.e., scores of 0 and 0) in his next game on 7 September, an invitation match between Sir Horatio Mann's XI and R Leigh's XI. Hooker then played for the Earl of Darnley's XI in a convincing victory of 242 runs over Sir Horatio Mann's XI the following day, Hooker scoring 15 not out and 7.
In 1800, Hooker played in two minor matches for Rochester Cricket Club against Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1807, he faced All-England once more by playing for a Kent XXII in an "odds" match at Lord's Old Ground, scoring 6 and 3. Kent and England played a return match at Penenden Heath and Hooker, opening the batting, scored 1 and 22 in Kent's 27 run victory. This was Hooker's last recorded cricket match.
Hooker is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Usually wearing jersey number 9, the hooker is one of the team's forwards. During scrums the hooker plays in the front row, and the position's name comes from their role of 'hooking' or 'raking' the ball back with the foot. For this reason the hooker is sometimes referred to as the rake.
Hookers have a great deal of contact with the ball, as they usually play the role of acting halfback or dummy half, picking the ball up from the play-the-ball that follows a tackle. Hookers therefore have a lot of responsibility in that they then decide what to do with the ball, whether that be to pass it (and to whom), run with it, or occasionally to kick it. Therefore, together with the two half backs and fullback, hooker is one of the four key positions that make up what is sometimes called a team's 'spine'. The playmaking role of the hooker is similar to the halfback positions, and many players have switched between these positions in their careers.
The laws of rugby league state that the hooker is to be numbered 9. However, in some leagues, such as Europe's Super League, players can wear jersey numbers which do not have to conform to this system.
One book published in 1996 stated that in senior rugby league, the hooker and stand-off half (five-eighth) handled the ball more often than any other position. In the 2013 NRL season the top six players with the most tackles were all hookers.
Hooker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Brad Hooker, English philosopher
- Charles E. Hooker (1825–1914), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
- Destinee Hooker (born 1987), American volleyball player
- Earl Hooker (1929–1970), American blues guitarist
- Elon Huntington Hooker (1869–1938) American entrepreneur
- Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), American psychologist
- Frank A. Hooker (1844-1911), American jurist
- George Hooker, Australian rugby league footballer
- George Hooker, English cricketer
- H. Lester Hooker (1921–1999), American college sports coach
- Henrietta Hooker (1851–1929), American botanist
- Henry Hooker (1828–1907), American Old West rancher
- Isabella Beecher Hooker (1822–1907), American suffragette leader
- Jake Hooker (journalist) (born 1973), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- James Hooker (1792–1858), New York politician
- James Benjamin Hooker (1910–1984), Canadian politician
- Jeff Hooker (born 1965), American retired soccer player and current coach
- John Hooker (English constitutionalist) (c. 1527–1601) English writer, solicitor, antiquary, civic administrator and advocate of republican government
- John Daggett Hooker (1838–1911), social leader, amateur scientist and astronomer, donor of Hooker Telescope
- John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), American blues musician
- Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War major general
- Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist
- Morna Hooker (born 1931), British theologian and New Testament scholar
- Philip Hooker (1766–1836), American architect
- Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944), English statistician, son of Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian
- Richard Hooker (author) , pseudonym of H. Richard Hornberger (1924–1997), American writer and surgeon
- Robbie Hooker (born 1967), Australian footballer and football manager
- Ron Hooker (born 1935), English former cricketer
- S. Percy Hooker (1860–1915), American politician from New York and New Hampshire
- Stanley Hooker (1907–1984), English aviation engineer
- Steve Hooker (born 1982), Australian pole vaulter
- Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), Puritan leader
- William Hooker (musician) (born 1946), American jazz drummer and composer
- William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), English botanist
- Worthington Hooker (1806–1867), American physician
- Hooker (Kent cricketer), 18th century English cricketer
Usage examples of "hooker".
For your willing ear and prospectus of what you might teach us, we will make sure, on your eight-hour shift, that we take all drunks, accidents, gunshots, and abusive hookers away from the House of God and across town to the E.
As it was, General Hooker seemed to have won the prize in the race, and Lee would, apparently, be forced to assail him on his strong ground, or retire in the direction of Richmond.
Hooker has recently shown, Nepenthes, could all have acquired the power of secreting a fluid which dissolves or digests animal matter.
Hooker, Nepenthes, and to this class other species will almost certainly soon be added.
Buck Badger, Jim Hooker, Donald Pike, Pink Pooler, the Chickering set, Porter, Cowles, Mullen, Benson, Billings, Webb, and others.
Ima Hooker with Sergeant Knever, but there was also a small detachment here on Sea Skimmer, and today was one of its twice-weekly riflery drills.
Hooker, once sowed, at my suggestion, some sulphate of ammonia and superphosphate on part of a block of nursery trees, and he could not perceive that these manures did any good.
Hooker, analogous and striking facts are given in regard to the plants of that large island.
Center Raymond Wolsczak and guard Herman Doffman rose to gently box in the little man in stocking feet, lest he get between the runner Hooker and the defensive tackle, Bettee, and wind up in the hospital.
Lo Manto joined the Naples police force one week past his twenty-first birthday and was initially assigned to a street patrol unit designed to keep the main tourist areas free of vagrants, hookers, and pickpockets.
The men of Hooker, although surprised and outgeneralled, had shown great courage in battle, and after the defeat of Chancellorsville the retreat was conducted with much skill.
June 9, 1863 MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER: I am told there are 50 incendiary shells here at the arsenal made to fit the 100 pounder Parrott gun now with you.
Hookers with like these freaky reprofiled kinks, she ships them in from phase three space.
He asked Hooker what he thought about the restrictor plates NASCAR was imposing on the cars.
A woman at the pay phone bank beside me, who could have been a hooker or an heiress, in a leather coat with a wolf fur collar and snakeskin boots, looked at my rumpled, sandy clothes, then crinkled her nose as if she smelled a fart.