Definizione monolingua

hook

hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked)

1. (transitive) To attach a hook to.

   Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

2. (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

   He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

3. (transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.

   Shes only here to try to hook a husband.

   A free trial is a good way to hook customers.

4. (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).

   If you hook your network cable into the jack, youll be on the network.

5. (Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

   He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

   I watched one episode of that TV series and now Im hooked.

6. (cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.
7. (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

   The opposing teams forward hooked me, but the referee didnt see it, so no penalty.

8. (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
   • 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, BBC:

     The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnsons pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.

9. (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.

   I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.

hook (plural hooks)

1. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
2. A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.
3. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook
4. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.
5. A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

   The songs hook snared me.

6. A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.
7. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

   He is not handling this job, so were giving him the hook.

8. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
9. (baseball) A curveball.

   He threw a hook in the dirt.

10. (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

    Weve added ""user-defined"" codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward and forward compatible to future versions of the standard.

11. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
12. (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
13. (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.

    The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.

    • 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, BBC Sport:

      American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.

14. (slang) A jack (the playing card)
15. (typography, rare) = há?ek
    • 2003, Language Issues XV–XVIII, page 36

      Common diacritics in Slavonic language are the hook ? (as in ha?ek – Czech for ‘hook’) and the stroke ´ (robi? – Polish for ‘do/make’).

    • 2003, David Adams, The Song and Duet Texts of Antonín Dvo?ák, page 168

      In Czech, palatalization is normally indicated by the symbol ?, called ha?ek or “hook.”

    • 2004, Keesing’s Record of World Events L:i–xii, page unknown

      In detailing the proposed shortening of the Czech Republic to ?esko…the hook (hacek) erroneously appeared over the letter “e” instead of the “C”.

Definizione dizionario hook

	gancio
	rod bent into a curved shape
	type of boxing punch
	Ferro ricurvo usato per afferrare, trattenere o sostenere qualcosa.
	A rod bent into a curved shape, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything.
	Nel pugilato: pugno inferto con il braccio piegato.
	A punch in boxing delivered with the arm bent.

	amo
	fishhook
	catch with a hook
	Uncino metallico usato per pescare.
	A metal hook for catching fish.

	uncino
	Gancio metallico con la punta accuminata.
	A sharp metal hook.

	agganciare
	attach a hook to something

	gancetto
	rod bent into a curved shape

	hook
	A location in a routine or program in which the programmer can connect or insert other routines for the purpose of debugging or enhancing functionality.

	palla curva
	Nel baseball, un lancio la cui traiettoria curva verso il basso e solitamente verso sinistra quando la palla è lanciata con la mano destra o verso destra quando la palla è lanciata con la sinistra.
	A baseball pitch resulting in motion downward and usually to the left when thrown with the right hand and to the right when thrown with the left hand.

	prendere
	catch with a hook

	trappola
	Macchina per afferrare e trattenere animali.
	A device for catching and holding animals.

allacciare

arpione

prendere all’amo

rampino

sferrare un gancio

uncinare

uncinetto

Altri significati:

Features, definitions, or codings that enable future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook

A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.

basketball shot that goes overhead

(slang) A jack (the playing card)

(transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.

(transitive) To catch with a hook ( '''hook a fish''' ).

curveball

software feature

(informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade

(software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

(boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.

(soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

(intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.

type of cricket shot

A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.

A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

(to) hook

golf shot that curves unintentionally

(basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.

(transitive) To attach a hook to.

(field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

(cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

loop shaped like a hook under certain letters

(transitive) To connect ( '''hook into''' , '''hook together''' ).

connect

engage in prostitution

A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.

(Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

(baseball) A curveball.

make addicted