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US
/ˈhʊk/
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NOUN
- English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
How To Use Hooke In A Sentence
- However, by that time I was so hooked by the story that I let it pass.
- So it was either scurvy-flavored hookers and gin-soaked alkies, or nothing at all. PAUL IS UNDEAD
- He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter.
- He filled me in, unbidden, on the local hooker scene.
- Suddenly an arm hooked around my neck.
- Former Springbok hooker Shaun Povey and scrumming expert Dougie Heymans have also arrived at the camp to assist coaching staff in preparing the forwards.
- We hooked up with the wedding party towards the inebriate end of the evening - my word, did we ever.
- The bed stood in one corner, a rough wooden frame hooked to the wall and ropes looping back and forth to support a mattress. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
- Damp casein is very like damp cheese and its elastic behaviour is anything but Hookean.
- On the stroke of half time Oxford once again scythed through the shaky gold defence, hooker Andy Dalgleish supplying Bradshaw with the perfect pass to score his second of the evening.
