Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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. --W. Collins.
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 \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.'' --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hook \Hook\ (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. {Arquebuse}, {Hagbut}, {Hake}, {Hatch} a half door, {Heckle}.] 1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. --Pope.
4. (Steam Engin.) See {Eccentric}, and {V-hook}.
5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also {hook bones}.
8. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
9. (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball. [PJC]
10. (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs. [PJC]
{By hook or by crook}, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. --Milton. ``In hope her to attain by hook or crook.'' --Spenser.
{Off the hook}, freed from some obligation or difficulty; as, to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job. [Colloq.]
{Off the hooks}, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] ``In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river.'' --Pepys.
{On one's own hook}, on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
{To go off the hooks}, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
{Bid hook}, a small boat hook.
{Chain hook}. See under {Chain}.
{Deck hook}, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
{Hook and eye}, one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
{Hook bill} (Zo["o]l.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
{Hook ladder}, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
{Hook motion} (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks.
{Hook squid}, any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera {Enoploteuthis} and {Onychteuthis}.
{Hook wrench}, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
For fly fishing, save about 15 inches of the tippet, leaving the fly or hook attached.
A Nov. 1 order signed by Circuit Judge William Howell found Siegel in contempt of a 1986 ruling that he make the connection. Howell gave Siegel 60 days to hook up or go to prison.
Instead, Labour promises a deluge of information that will let underperforming schools off the hook. The verdict - in the words of school reports over the years - is 'must try harder'.
Rector said Chubb has not been threatened with license revocation in Ohio, but "we've told them that the department's position is they're on the hook." Ms. Korkuch said she could not comment on the lawsuits and said they have not been resolved.
Increasingly cost conscious, they will no longer hook up with an Olympian just because the company president likes the athlete's sport.
A magistrate who believes the legal drinking age should be lowered skirted sentencing rules to let a group of underage drinkers off the hook.
Paul Yost said American Trader's hull apparently was punctured when it hit something on the bottom as the crew prepared to hook up to an underwater pipeline that carries crude oil to shore.
But a cable on a crane broke and dropped a heavy hook on the satellite 10 days before liftoff.
Run the tests, hook up the machines, write the prescriptions and move 'em out.
He only recorded "Wild World" at the request of the record company and criticized the song even after it became successful. "Close to You," with its funky track and breezy hook, was his idea.
But nor does it follow that the countries whose currencies are under pressure will be immediately be taken off the hook.
It gives its designers the once-heretical mandate to make sure their machines will hook up to products outside the Big Blue empire.
He dives down and pokes his rod and a few inches of line with a baited hook into the nest until the fish bites.
In the elite circle of combat aviators, there is no greater skill than a perfect carrier landing - catching the third of four wires stretched across a rolling, pitching deck with a hook under the tail of an F-14 interceptor or A-7 light-attack aircraft.
Companies yearning for Ordinary Joes offer free emergency road service and free long-distance calling on weekends. Others try to bait the hook with cheap equipment rentals.
"The state of New York is on the hook for $17.3 billion to clean up a problem that its citizens did not cause and who will receive no benefit from its solution," D'Amato said.
Only artificial lures can be used, because the fish tend to swallow natural bait, along with the hook.
The government cannot be seen to be letting banks off the hook, and use of government money for investment or cheap finance is controversial.
Before going along with Bush's plan to let Egypt off the hook for $7 billion in past military loans, "I want to know what's happening with respect to Poland," which owes the United States some $3 billion, Obey said in an interview.
When director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant first tried to hook up on a film project, they failed. That was 1962.
When they were installed decades ago, most hand-cranked phones were wall-mounted units with a black metal mouthpiece on an arm and a receiver hung on a two-prong hook on the left side.
Another criticism is that some market makers allegedly avoid trading when the market is falling sharply by refusing to answer their phones or taking them off the hook - precisely what happened during the 1987 crash in the United States.
While industry analysts concede that Chips & Technologies appears to be off the hook as far as legal action by IBM is concerned, it's still not clear how IBM will treat computer makers.
I said no, the phone was off the hook.
Under the measure, permits required to hook into the city's sewers will be allotted each month according to the capacity left in the Hyperion treatment plant, near El Segundo.
He is able to recognize it now by the huge hook in the ceiling.
"But from a long-range business judgment, we decided to take everyone off the hook."
Even NBC, the top-rated network, is cooking up new marketing strategies to try to hook more viewers.
The computer giant IBM plans a joint venture with the East German firm Robotron, while General Motors-Opel beat out West German giants Daimler-Benz and BMW to hook up with the Wartburg car plant.
"March" (RCA) _ Michael Penn Yes, Michael Penn is you-know-who's younger brother, and critics looking for an easy hook are quick to note his music is as sweet as Sean's temper is frequently sour.