hook (4 letters)
hook
11
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble score
- 11 points
- Frequency
- Less common
- Pronunciation
- HUUK
What it means
- noun — a catch for locking a door
- noun — a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- noun — anything that serves as an enticement
- noun — a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- noun — a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- noun — a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- noun — a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- noun — a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- verb — fasten with a hook
- verb — rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- verb — make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- verb — hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- verb — take by theft
- verb — make off with belongings of others
- verb — hit with a hook
- verb — catch with a hook
- verb — to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- verb — secure with the foot
- verb — entice and trap
- verb — approach with an offer of sexual favors