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Road-vehicular manoeuvre for turning across lanes of opposing traffic
A hook turn (Australian English) or two-stage turn (British English), also known as a Copenhagen Left (in reference to cyclists specifically and in countries
Hook_turn
Road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade
advanced stop lines, parallel-flow and continuous-flow intersections, hook turns, quadrants, seagull intersections, slip lanes, staggered junctions (junctions
Intersection_(road)
American rock band
Dr. Hook (known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show until 1975) was an American rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey. The band had commercial success
Dr._Hook
Acute curve (often one of a series) in a road, especially on a steep incline
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin curve, or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for a vehicle
Hairpin_turn
green signal before completing the turn. In Australia, such turns were the standard right turn until the 1950s. Hook turns remaining in Australia are generally
Rules_for_traffic_lights
Freeway interchange design
be for traffic getting on or off the freeway (the third level/I-10). Hook turn Jughandle List of road interchanges in the United States Michigan left
Diverging_diamond_interchange
Type of intersection
the combination of a right (nearside) turn followed by a U-turn, or a U-turn followed by a right (nearside) turn, depending on the situation. It is in
Michigan_left
Rectangular stone for surfacing roads and walkways
Retrieved 4 March 2009. At the first building after the end of the bridge, turn left into East High street which has not been widened and still has old stone
Sett_(paving)
Type of road junction
A Texas U-turn, or Texas turnaround, boomerang, or loop around,[citation needed] is a lane allowing cars traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road
Texas_U-turn
navigational aid Holiday route Hook turn A right turn made from the left lane (countries that drive on the left), or a left turn made from the right lane (countries
Glossary of road transport terms
Glossary_of_road_transport_terms
American actress and comedian (1957–2014)
Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy
Jan_Hooks
Location where two or more roads meet
bowtie, box junction, continuous-flow, double-wide, hook turn, jughandle, Michigan left (median U-turn), paired, quadrant, seagull (continuous green T),
Road_junction
Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction
convention does not affect rules on usage or registration of local vehicles. Hook turn Traffic-light signalling and operation World Forum for Harmonization of
Left-_and_right-hand_traffic
Diversionary road used for making turns at an intersection
alongside the roadway, unless the existing street network can be utilized. Hook turn Ben Zimmer (2013-04-07). "Boston driving: So bad it needs its own lingo
Jughandle
Type of large road intersection
90412; -75.095812). Junction (road) Advanced stop line Bowtie Box junction Hook turn Jughandle Michigan left Quadrant roadway intersection Roundabout Seagull
Continuous-flow_intersection
Road with nothing to separate opposing flows of traffic
needed] some urban undivided highways in the U.S. have had a central left-turn lane used by both directions of flow. Essentially, this configuration puts
Single_carriageway
Curve in a road that has claimed lives because of numerous crashes
drinking; investigators concluded vehicular speed was a factor. A sharp turn on eastbound Interstate 70 just west of exit 259 near Morrison, Colorado
Dead_Man's_Curve
1991 film by Steven Spielberg
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams
Hook_(film)
Modular concrete or plastic barrier for separating vehicle traffic
uses, might include steel rebar loops embedded in the top surface for rapid hook-and-cable system lifting.[citation needed] The 2010 G-20 Toronto summit used
Jersey_barrier
Bridge, road, railway, or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway
multiple lanes. Where all such turns are replaced with flyovers (perhaps with some underpasses) only 90 degree turns are needed, and there may be four
Overpass
American professional wrestler
an attack by Big Bill and Bryan Keith. At Full Gear on November 22, Hook would turn heel by attacking "Hangman" Adam Page during his steel cage AEW World
Hook_(wrestler)
Roadway for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage
(at-grade) 3-way junction Bowtie Box junction Channelization Continuous flow Hook turn Jughandle Michigan left Offset T-intersection Protected intersection Quadrant
Toll_road
Tramway network in Victoria, Australia
within the CBD), motor vehicles turning right are required to perform a hook turn, a manoeuvre designed to give trams priority. To further improve tram
Trams_in_Melbourne
Object in the middle of a road designed to channel traffic
improves safety, with impatient pedestrians less likely to use gaps that turn out to be too short for safe crossing. In certain areas of the United Kingdom
Traffic_island
Movement of vehicles and pedestrians along land routes
other side-on. Drivers often seek to turn onto another road or onto private property. The vehicle's blinking turn signals (commonly known as "blinkers"
Traffic
Type of road
event of congestion, or if a driver missed their exit, some drivers made U-turns onto the opposite carriageway; many accidents were caused as a result of
Dual_carriageway
At-grade road junction in which cyclists and pedestrians are separated from cars
for another mode of transport Hook turn, road-vehicular manoeuvre for turning across lanes of opposing traffic Right-hook accident, traffic collision where
Protected_intersection
Type of interchange between highways and minor roads
York State Route 2, Latham, New York, is a roundabout interchange with U-turn lanes for the freeway. 42°44′53″N 73°45′39″W / 42.74806°N 73.76083°W /
Roundabout_interchange
Removable plate atop an opening large enough for a person to pass through
sand-casting techniques. The covers usually feature "pick holes", into which a hook handle tool is inserted to lift them. Pick holes can be concealed for a more
Manhole_cover
Highway interchange using loop ramps
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads. To go left (in right-hand traffic; reverse directions
Cloverleaf_interchange
Type of freeway interchange
between two roads where all turns that require crossing over or under the opposite road's lanes of travel to complete the turn utilize ramps that make a
Stack_interchange
Road junction that uses grade separation
opposite from the desired direction of travel, then turns toward the desired direction. Most left turn movements are provided by a semi-directional ramp
Interchange_(road)
Lane in which traffic may travel in either direction
"two-way left turn lane" (TWLTL) or "center left-turn lane", or (for countries that drive on the right) "center turn lane" or "median turn lane", a single
Reversible_lane
Device for catching fish
A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English angol and Proto-Germanic *angulaz), is a hook used to catch fish either by piercing
Fish_hook
Common type of road junction
State Road 869, switching the left turn lanes on the cross street with each other and bringing the long left turn phases from the single-point urban interchange
Diamond_interchange
Straight path or road with a line of trees or large shrubs on both sides
avenues were created during the reigns of Maria Theresa and Joseph II. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, new landscaping came from England, and formal
Avenue_(landscape)
Fictional character
Captain James Hook is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations, in which
Captain_Hook
Modification of a cloverleaf interchange
waiting to make such turns). This also makes logical sense since freeways have a higher capacity than arterials and right-turn ramps serve effectively
Partial cloverleaf interchange
Partial_cloverleaf_interchange
British post-punk band
Peter Hook & the Light are an English post-punk band, formed in May 2010 by bassist and vocalist Peter Hook, formerly of the influential post-punk bands
Peter_Hook_&_the_Light
Public road or other public way on land
many modern features, including banked turns, guard rails and reinforced concrete tarmac. Traffic could turn left between the parkway and connectors
Highway
American horror film series
at the end of the film, stabbed in the head with his hook and blown up on top of a car. Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, the fourth installment in the
Wrong_Turn_(film_series)
Type of trucking vehicle
displaced bullock teams for the carriage of minerals to port and were, in turn, superseded by railways. During the Crimean War, a traction engine was used
Road_train
Type of traffic junction
in turn is a type of traffic junction found in the Channel Islands, made to require vehicles to take turns to go through the junction. Filter in turn junctions
Filter_in_turn
Type of junction designed to prevent congestion of traffic
or they are intending to turn and are prevented from doing so by oncoming traffic, or other vehicles on the box waiting to turn. Box junctions were introduced
Box_junction
Type of road intersection
restricted. A RIRO permits only right turns and a LILO permits only left turns. "Right-in" and "left-in" refer to turns from a main road into an intersection
Right-in/right-out
Street with only one way in and out
a dead-end street with a circular end, making it easier for vehicles to turn around. Street names are determined at the city or county level, with most
Dead-end_street
Diversion on a route
), usually traffic shifts can replace a detour, as detours often congest turn lanes.[citation needed] Depending on the roadway affected, and the scope
Detour
Type of road intersection with three arms
perpendicular to each other), turns are characterized as "right-in", "right-out", "left-in" and "left-out". A turn "in" represents a turn from the major road into
Three-way_junction
Urban legend
The Hook, or the Hookman, is an American urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In many versions
The_Hook
Type of high capacity intersection
wishing to turn left or go straight must turn right onto the major road, then, a short distance away, queue (wait) into a designated U-turn (or crossover)
Superstreet
Latin American dance move
hooking may be done both from either side of the partner's leg. In Salsa, the term "gancho" is used in two senses. One is a synonym of the Hook Turn.
Gancho_(dance_move)
Highway interchange design
to a diamond interchange but has the advantage of allowing opposing left turns to proceed simultaneously by compressing the two intersections of a diamond
Single-point urban interchange
Single-point_urban_interchange
Part of a carriageway meant for a single line of vehicles
straight ahead). It can thus be either a through lane or a turn lane. A two-way center turn lane allows drivers travelling in either direction to stop
Lane
Concept in traffic engineering
and orderly movement of both vehicles and pedestrians. A turn island may be created where turns are channelized to reduce stop line distance, reduce pedestrian
Channelization_(roads)
Diacritical mark
characters. In typesetting, the hook or tail is a diacritic mark attached to letters in many alphabets. In shape it looks like a hook and it can be attached below
Hook_(diacritic)
Type of roadway junction with one main intersection and two secondary intersections
original four-way intersection, moving all left turns (in right-hand traffic countries) or right turns (in left-hand traffic countries) from the main intersection
Quadrant_roadway_intersection
Barrier installed within medians of and next to roads to prevent vehicle collisions
signs/illumination poles or other roadside elements which may pose hazards Turns on roads above ground level. When a barrier is needed, careful calculations
Traffic_barrier
Latin letter used in some African orthographies
florin symbol. A similar-looking letter, ⟨ʄ⟩ (a turned f ⟨ɟ⟩ for a voiced palatal with an implosive hook), is used in the IPA for a voiced palatal implosive
Ƒ
Phonetic transcription system for Iberian languages
The RFE Phonetic Alphabet, named for a journal of philology, the Revista de Filología Española, 'Review of Spanish Philology' (RFE), is a phonetic alphabet
RFE_Phonetic_Alphabet
Type of road
must yield to the through traffic. Only then can a vehicle make a right turn from the signal on the frontage road. Furthermore, frontage roads can increase
Frontage_road
Type of road intersection
type of road intersection which replaces left turns (in jurisdictions that drive on the right) or right turns (in jurisdictions that drive on the left),
Bowtie_(road)
Traffic junction
allows traffic traveling in one direction on a road to efficiently make a U-turn (to reverse course and travel the opposite direction) typically without backing
Turnaround_(road)
Letter of the extended Latin alphabet
Q with hook tail (majuscule: Ɋ, minuscule: ɋ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. It was introduced by Lutheran missionaries in Papua New Guinea
Q_with_hook_tail
2012 mass shooting in Connecticut, US
On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting
Lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the median of the road
right-hand lane unless they are overtaking slower vehicles, making a left turn or exit, or obeying a move over law. California does not explicitly prohibit
Passing_lane
Transportation planning technique
travel lane widths are narrowed to no more than 2.8 metres (9.1 ft), and left turn (in countries where cars travel on the right-hand side of the road) storage
Road_diet
Roundabout in the Melbourne central business district
northbound Elizabeth Street cyclist movement – left turn into Flemington Road followed by a hook turn to the right in front of Peel Street traffic. (This
Haymarket_roundabout
prevent turning cars from blocking the progress of trams. Right-turn bans and hook turns have been introduced at certain intersections. Swanston Street
Think_Tram
Road at a junction which allows turning vehicles to bypass the intersection
Left-Turn Lanes on Driver Performance. Transportation Research Record, 61–72. Interchange Advanced stop line Continuous-flow intersection Hook turn Quadrant
Slip_lane
Traffic intersection
needed] and reduced queuing associated with traffic lights. They allow U-turns within the normal flow of traffic, which often are not possible at other
Roundabout
Type of textile fastener
Velcro (a trademarked term), also known as hook-and-loop fasteners, hook-and-pile fasteners, or touch fasteners, are versatile fastening devices that
Velcro
Controlled access road that is raised above grade
made it difficult to lay some railroad lines, as the trains required a wide turn radius. This led to the first elevated railways in the late 19th century
Elevated_highway
November 26, 2012 Tic Toc Croc! B-B-Big Bugs! Go, Bucky! Saving Captain Hook Mama Hook Knows Best! Dancing with Pirates I've Got my Sword Hop-Hop-Hop! Look
List of Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes
List_of_Jake_and_the_Never_Land_Pirates_episodes
Type of three-way road intersection
provided via turn lanes separated from the through lanes in a configuration similar to exit and entrance ramps at an interchange. However, the turn lanes are
Seagull_intersection
Methods and measures for reducing the risk of death and injury on roads
collision include: Addition of left turn lanes Providing protected turn phasing at signalized intersections Using indirect turn treatments such as the Michigan
Road_safety
Basketball play
In basketball, a hook shot is a play where the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball using a sweeping motion
Hook_shot
Component of analog telephones
switchhook the user had to manually turn the switch. Some users forgot to turn the switch, leaving the telephone off-hook after the end of the call. Several
Telephone_hook
Roads unsegregated by travel mode
making it unclear who has priority, drivers will reduce their speed, in turn reducing the dominance of vehicles, reducing road casualty rates, and improving
Shared_space
2012 film directed by Spike Lee
Red Hook Summer is a 2012 American drama film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. It is Lee's sixth film in his "Chronicles of Brooklyn" series following
Red_Hook_Summer
Place designated for cyclists to cross a road
crossing in the same space Cyclability, how accessible a space is to cycling Hook turn, road-vehicular manoeuvre for turning across lanes of opposing traffic
Cyclist_crossing
Fictional characters
hands of Hook, turns away from the life of a pirate and reconciles with his father. Peter and Hook engage in a duel which culminates in Hook apparently
Lost_Boys_(Peter_Pan)
Cyrillic letter used for /q/ in various languages
hook (Ӄ ӄ; italics: Ӄ ӄ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) by the addition of a hook. Ka with hook is
Ka_with_hook
Cutting tool
A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and
Billhook
Topics referred to by the same term
murder in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut "Sandy's hook" or "Sandy's left hook", the "left hook" or "left turn" (westerly movement) of Hurricane Sandy in 2012
Sandy_Hook_(disambiguation)
Single-handed agricultural tool
A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting
Sickle
Type of highway interchange
overall right turn only passes through one corner of the square, at which point a right turn is made. Transfer traffic making an overall left turn must proceed
Three-level diamond interchange
Three-level_diamond_interchange
1988 novel by Len Deighton
Spy Hook is a 1988 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the first novel in the second of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded
Spy_Hook
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on August 1–2, 1925. "Red Hook" is a transitional tale, situated
The_Horror_at_Red_Hook
Hook normally used in butcheries to hang meat
hook is any hook normally used in butcheries to hang meat. This form of hook is a variation on the classic S hook. An S-shaped hook or jointed hook is
Meat_hook
Type of road intersection
91 m), which allows a queue of left turning vehicles behind a completed turn into the crossroad without any conflict to oncoming traffic. On the crossroad
Split_intersection
American comedy and media platform
approximately $1.4 billion in damages to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting after he lost a defamation lawsuit. During Jones'
InfoWars_(The_Onion)
Lane on a road reserved for motorcycles
lines shall not drive in the slow lane, except when starting, preparing to turn, preparing to stop, or temporarily stopping. However, roads equipped with
Motorcycle_lane
Brand of semi-automatic rifles and carbines based on the AR-15 platform
Russo-Georgian War. A Bushmaster XM-15 was used in the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Just before the second anniversary of the massacre
Bushmaster_XM-15
Lighthouse in County Wexford, Ireland
The Hook Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais Rinn Duáin; also known as Hook Head Lighthouse) is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula
Hook_Lighthouse
Any kind of device or material used on a road surface to convey official information
lines at the centre. This indicates a U-turn area; drivers can make U-turns only at this place and not make a U-turn over the yellow line. Additionally, in
Road_surface_marking
Traffic accident where a turning motor vehicle hits a pedestrian or cyclist
with right hand driving, a right-hook accident is a type of traffic collision in which a motor vehicle makes a right turn and hits a pedestrian or cyclist
Right-hook_accident
South African psychologist
ISSN 1832-5203. Dey, Sayan (2025-05-01). "The Fanonian Turn: Review—Leswin Laubscher, Derek Hook, and Miraj Desai (eds), Fanon, Phenomenology, and Psychology
Derek_Hook
(used in Victoria) (R2-22) No hook turn by Bicycles (R2-Q02) Through Traffic Keep Left (used in Queensland) (R2-V115) U-turn Must Give Way (used in Victoria)
Road_signs_in_Australia
Road intersection in St Kilda, Australia
to reascend and continue down St Kilda Road or turn into Fitzroy Street, or descend further and turn into Queens Way. Overall, the area of junction expanded
St_Kilda_Junction
Aircraft flight instrument
In aviation, the turn and slip indicator (T/S, a.k.a. turn indicator and turn and bank indicator) and the turn coordinator (TC) variant are essentially
Turn_and_slip_indicator
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Boy/Male
English
Cook.
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of a prophet of almighty, A prophet title of the th
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Middle English hod(de), hood, hud ‘hood’. Some early examples with prepositions seem to be topographic names, referring to a place where there was a hood-shaped hill or a natural shelter or overhang, providing protection from the elements. In some cases the name may be habitational, from places called Hood, in Devon (possibly ‘hood-shaped hill’) and North Yorkshire (possibly ‘shelter’ or ‘fortification’).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUid ‘descendant of Ud’, a personal name of uncertain derivation. This was the name of an Ulster family who were bards to the O’Neills of Clandeboy. It was later altered to Mac hUid. Compare Mahood.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Raven
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and North German
Dutch and North German : variant of Hoff.North German : topographic name from a variant of Hoff.Dutch : nickname from hoofd ‘head’. Compare English Head 1.English : variant spelling of Huff.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Virgin of Paradise. Nymph. (Note: Has pious meaning, not slovenly.).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hoo 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Old English cÅc (Latin coquus). There has been some confusion with Cocke.Irish and Scottish : usually identical in origin with the English name, but in some cases a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ (see McCook).In North America Cook has absorbed examples of cognate and semantically equivalent names from other languages, such as German and Jewish Koch.Erroneous translation of French Lécuyer (see Lecuyer).Francis Cooke (died 1663) and his eldest son John were passengers on the Mayflower in 1621; they were joined two years later by Francis’s wife and other children. In the words of William Bradford, when he died he had ‘lived to see his children’s children have children’.
Boy/Male
Arabic
The Biblical Hud is the English Language Equivalent; A Prophet's Name
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia and the south)
English (East Anglia and the south) : topographic name for someone who lived on a spur of a hill, from the Old English dative case hÅe (originally used after a preposition) of hÅh ‘spur of a hill’. The surname may also derive from any of the minor places named with this word, such as Hoo in Kent and Hooe in Devon and Sussex.Chinese : see Hu.
Girl/Female
Indian
A virgin maiden of paradise
Boy/Male
Muslim
Name of a prophet of almighty, A prophet title of the 11th
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : habitational name from Look in Puncknowle, Dorset, named in Old English with lūce ‘enclosure’.English : possibly a variant of Luck 3.Northern English and Scottish : from a vernacular pet form of Lucas.Dutch (van Look) : topographic name from look ‘enclosure’ or habitational name from a place named with this word.Thomas Look (b. c. 1622) was in Lynn, MA, by 1646. His son, also called Thomas (b. 1646), moved to Martha’s Vineyard about 1670.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hook.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Latin
Occupational Name; One who Cooks Food
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Sindhi, Telugu
A Celestical; Virgin of Paradise; Nymph; A Virgin Maiden of Paradise for Its Dwellers
Male
Danish
, brave warrior, or, hero.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the bird (Old English hrÅc), most likely given to a person with very dark hair or a dark complexion or to someone with a raucous voice.English : some early examples, such as Robert of ye Rook (London 1318) and Henry del Rook (Staffordshire 1332), point clearly to a local name of some kind. The first of these could be from a house sign, the second may be a variant of Rock 1.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrok, of uncertain origin; perhaps a cognate of 1 or from Middle High German rÅhen ‘to cry or yell (in battle)’ or Old High German ruoh ‘intent’.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Ruck.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hook, either in the topographic sense or a patronymic from the nickname. This surname is also established in northern Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English (southern)
English (southern) : from Middle English hoke, Old English hÅc ‘hook’, in any of a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made and sold hooks as agricultural implements or employed them in his work; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘hook’ of land, i.e. the bend of a river or the spur of a hill; or as a nickname (in part a survival of an Old English byname) for someone with a hunched back or a hooked nose. A similar ambiguity of interpretation presents itself in the case of Crook. In some cases the surname may be habitational from any of various places named Hook(e), from this word, as for example in Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.Swedish (Hö(ö)k) : nickname or a metonymic occupational name from hök ‘hawk’, a soldier’s name.
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v. t.
To pack, as staves, in a shook.
n.
The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
n.
Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.
v. t.
To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
a.
Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
v. i.
To bend; to curve as a hook.
a.
Provided with a hook or hooks.
n.
Anything resembling a hood in form or use
v. t.
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
v. t.
To express or manifest by a look.
n.
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.
v. t.
To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
v. t.
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
v. t.
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.
n.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
n.
See Eccentric, and V-hook.
v. t.
To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.
v. t.
To enter, write, or register in a book or list.