[
UK
/hˈʊkt/
]
[ US /ˈhʊkt/ ]
[ US /ˈhʊkt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
hooklike thorns - curved down like an eagle's beak
- addicted to a drug
How To Use hooked In A Sentence
- However, by that time I was so hooked by the story that I let it pass.
- He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter.
- Suddenly an arm hooked around my neck.
- 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
- _Hake_ in Norwegian means hook, and the term hake or hook-fish was given because of the hooked character of the under-jaw. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year
- He was thin and tall, with a hooked nose.
- I joined that league partway through the season, and I was hooked on the tenpin game.
- Stand in front of them for a few moments and see how quickly you get hooked. Times, Sunday Times
- When mixed in among boundary plants it may even enhance security as the branches bear hooked prickles which reduce its tactility.