The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooking.]
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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.
--W. Collins. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
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To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
Usage examples of "to hook on".
Each little muscle actually holds on to its neighbors, and they have little sphincter-sealed tube-systems to hook on to whatever blood-conduit is close.
We're going right over the top of the Transport Capsule and then we'll try to hook on to it somewhere and get a firm hold!
His right arm kept lashing out like a gaff, trying to hook on to something sturdy enough to pull his full weight, but the surface of his desk offered no purchase.
And we'll lay some cable so it'll be all ready for them to hook on.
Hordle looked down the length of the longboat, to where his opposite number was ready to hook on at the stern.