| slovo | definícia |
hook
(mass) | hook
- háčik, hák, vešiačik, skoba |
hook
(encz) | hook,háček n: |
hook
(encz) | hook,hák n: |
hook
(encz) | hook,skoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
hook
(encz) | hook,věšáček n: |
hook
(encz) | hook,zaháknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
hook
(encz) | hook, line and sinker, |
Hook
(gcide) | Hook \Hook\ (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D.
haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel.
haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake,
Hatch a half door, Heckle.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on
which a door or gate hangs and turns.
[1913 Webster]
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
[1913 Webster]
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook.
--Pope.
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4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
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5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; --
called also hook bones.
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8. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned
landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
9. (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or
baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball;
in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer
who struck the ball.
[PJC]
10. (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer
program which allows the user to modify the program so as
to import data from or export data to other programs.
[PJC]
By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct
or indirect. --Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or
crook." --Spenser.
Off the hook, freed from some obligation or difficulty; as,
to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job.
[Colloq.]
Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.]
"In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom
I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone
out of the river." --Pepys.
On one's own hook, on one's own account or responsibility;
by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
To go off the hooks, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Bid hook, a small boat hook.
Chain hook. See under Chain.
Deck hook, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a
ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
Hook and eye, one of the small wire hooks and loops for
fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
Hook bill (Zool.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
Hook ladder, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can
be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed
by V hooks.
Hook squid, any squid which has the arms furnished with
hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera
Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis.
Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end,
instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or
coupling.
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Hook
(gcide) | Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hooking.]
1. 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.
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Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W.
Collins.
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2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
in attacking enemies; to gore.
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3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
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To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
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Hook
(gcide) | Hook \Hook\, v. i.
1. To bend; to curve as a hook.
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2. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov.
Eng.], to make off; to clear out; -- often with it.
"Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it." --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
hook
(wn) | hook
n 1: a catch for locking a door
2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn:
hook, crotchet]
3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, {come-
on}, hook, lure, sweetener]
4: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold
or pull something [syn: hook, claw]
5: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling
something
6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed
golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook,
draw, hooking]
7: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow
bent
8: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is
farther from the basket [syn: hook shot, hook]
v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: unhook]
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
3: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread
with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
[syn: crochet, hook]
4: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the
left
5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook,
snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom]
6: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,
sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
7: hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on
something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict,
hook]
10: secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
11: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three
potential customers" [syn: hook, snare]
12: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited
by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in
the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost] |
hook
(foldoc) | HOOK
? Object Oriented Kernel. Delphia. An object-oriented
extension of Delphia Prolog.
[Jargon File]
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hook
(foldoc) | hook
A software or hardware feature included in
order to simplify later additions or changes by a user.
For example, a simple program that prints numbers might always
print them in base 10, but a more flexible version would let a
variable determine what base to use; setting the variable to 5
would make the program print numbers in base 5. The variable
is a simple hook. An even more flexible program might examine
the variable and treat a value of 16 or less as the base to
use, but treat any other number as the address of a
user-supplied routine for printing a number. This is a
hairy but powerful hook; one can then write a routine to
print numbers as Roman numerals, say, or as Hebrew characters,
and plug it into the program through the hook.
Often the difference between a good program and a superb one
is that the latter has useful hooks in judiciously chosen
places. Both may do the original job about equally well, but
the one with the hooks is much more flexible for future
expansion of capabilities.
Emacs, for example, is *all* hooks.
The term "user exit" is synonymous but much more formal and
less hackish.
(1997-06-25)
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hook
(jargon) | hook
n.
A software or hardware feature included in order to simplify later
additions or changes by a user. For example, a simple program that prints
numbers might always print them in base 10, but a more flexible version
would let a variable determine what base to use; setting the variable to 5
would make the program print numbers in base 5. The variable is a simple
hook. An even more flexible program might examine the variable and treat a
value of 16 or less as the base to use, but treat any other number as the
address of a user-supplied routine for printing a number. This is a hairy
but powerful hook; one can then write a routine to print numbers as Roman
numerals, say, or as Hebrew characters, and plug it into the program
through the hook. Often the difference between a good program and a superb
one is that the latter has useful hooks in judiciously chosen places. Both
may do the original job about equally well, but the one with the hooks is
much more flexible for future expansion of capabilities (EMACS, for
example, is all hooks). The term user exit is synonymous but much more
formal and less hackish.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fishhook
(mass) | fish-hook
- rybársky háčik, udica |
hook up
(mass) | hook up
- zapnúť |
hooker
(mass) | hooker
- ľahké dievča, prostitútka, šľapka |
hookey
(mass) | hookey
- nezmysel |
shook
(mass) | shook
- share/shook/shaken |
share/shook/shaken
(msas) | share/shook/shaken
- shake, shaken, shook |
share/shook/shaken
(msasasci) | share/shook/shaken
- shake, shaken, shook |
all shook up
(encz) | all shook up,nervózní Zdeněk Brož |
by hook or by crook
(encz) | by hook or by crook,tak či onak Pavel Cvrček |
crochet hook
(encz) | crochet hook, n: |
cup hook
(encz) | cup hook, n: |
fire hook
(encz) | fire hook, n: |
fish-hook
(encz) | fish-hook,rybářský háček n: Jakub Stryjafish-hook,udice n: Jakub Stryja |
fishhook
(encz) | fishhook,udice n: Zdeněk Brož |
grappling hook
(encz) | grappling hook,kotva n: speciální kovový hák, užívaný bojovníky ve
starém Japonsku Pino |
hook and eye
(encz) | hook and eye, |
hook line and sinker
(encz) | hook line and sinker, adv: |
hook on
(encz) | hook on,zaháknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
hook shot
(encz) | hook shot, n: |
hook spanner
(encz) | hook spanner, n: |
hook up
(encz) | hook up,dát si rychlovku v: [hovor.] [sex.] webhook up,zapnout v: Zdeněk Brožhook up,zapojit v: Zdeněk Brož |
hook up with
(encz) | hook up with, |
hook wrench
(encz) | hook wrench, n: |
hook-and-loop fastener
(encz) | hook-and-loop fastener,suchý zip n: zapínání Pino |
hook-nosed
(encz) | hook-nosed,se skobovitým nosem Zdeněk Brož |
hooka
(encz) | hooka, |
hookah
(encz) | hookah,vodní dýmka n: Zdeněk Brož |
hooke
(encz) | Hooke, |
hooked
(encz) | hooked,zahnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hooker
(encz) | hooker,coura n: Zdeněk Brožhooker,děvka n: Zdeněk Brožhooker,lehká holka Zdeněk Brožhooker,prostitutka n: Zdeněk Brožhooker,šlapka n: Zdeněk Brož |
hookey
(encz) | hookey,nesmysl n: Zdeněk Brož |
hooking
(encz) | hooking,hákování n: Zdeněk Brož |
hooklike
(encz) | hooklike, adj: |
hooknose
(encz) | hooknose, n: |
hooks
(encz) | hooks,háky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hookup
(encz) | hookup,spojenectví n: Zdeněk Brož |
hookworm
(encz) | hookworm,druh parazita n: Zdeněk Brožhookworm,měchovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
hookworm disease
(encz) | hookworm disease, n: |
hooky
(encz) | hooky,hákovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hooky player
(encz) | hooky player, n: |
meat hook
(encz) | meat hook, n: |
meat hooks
(encz) | meat hooks, n: |
off the hook
(encz) | off the hook, |
on tenterhooks
(encz) | on tenterhooks, |
on the hook
(encz) | on the hook, adj: |
play hooky
(encz) | play hooky,být za školou v: [id.] Pino |
pothook
(encz) | pothook, |
pruning hook
(encz) | pruning hook, n: |
ravehook
(encz) | ravehook, n: |
reap hook
(encz) | reap hook, n: |
reaping hook
(encz) | reaping hook, n: |
redhook
(encz) | Redhook, |
ring off the hook
(encz) | ring off the hook, |
shook
(encz) | shook,shake/shook/shaken v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladshook,třásl se |
shook-up
(encz) | shook-up, |
skyhook
(encz) | skyhook, |
swallow sth. hook
(encz) | swallow sth. hook, line and sinker,spolknout i s navijákem [fráz.] Ivan
Masár |
take the phone off the hook
(encz) | take the phone off the hook,vyvěsit telefon [fráz.] Pino |
temporary hookup
(encz) | temporary hookup, n: |
tenterhook
(encz) | tenterhook,napínací háček Zdeněk Brož |
unhook
(encz) | unhook,vyháknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
shake/shook/shaken
(czen) | shake/shook/shaken,shakev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladshake/shook/shaken,shakenv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladshake/shook/shaken,shookv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Bid hook
(gcide) | Hook \Hook\ (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D.
haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel.
haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake,
Hatch a half door, Heckle.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on
which a door or gate hangs and turns.
[1913 Webster]
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
[1913 Webster]
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
[1913 Webster]
5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; --
called also hook bones.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned
landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
9. (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or
baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball;
in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer
who struck the ball.
[PJC]
10. (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer
program which allows the user to modify the program so as
to import data from or export data to other programs.
[PJC]
By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct
or indirect. --Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or
crook." --Spenser.
Off the hook, freed from some obligation or difficulty; as,
to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job.
[Colloq.]
Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.]
"In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom
I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone
out of the river." --Pepys.
On one's own hook, on one's own account or responsibility;
by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
To go off the hooks, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Bid hook, a small boat hook.
Chain hook. See under Chain.
Deck hook, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a
ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
Hook and eye, one of the small wire hooks and loops for
fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
Hook bill (Zool.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
Hook ladder, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can
be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed
by V hooks.
Hook squid, any squid which has the arms furnished with
hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera
Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis.
Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end,
instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or
coupling.
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Billhook
(gcide) | Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.]
A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning
hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes
called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill
or scimiter.
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Boat hook
(gcide) | Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to
Icel. b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf.
Bateau.]
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1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
or paddles, but often by a sail.
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Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as,
canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
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2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is
sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
class; as, the Cunard boats.
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3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
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Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination;
as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or
boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat
keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat
racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
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Advice boat. See under Advice.
Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back,
fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log,
etc. --Totten.
Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a
painter.
In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament.
[Colloq.] --F. W. Newman.
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Boot hook
(gcide) | Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of
uncertain origin.]
1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg,
ordinarily made of leather.
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2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to
extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
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So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they
call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots
close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and
the leg. --Bp. Burnet.
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3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode;
also, a low outside place before and behind the body of
the coach. [Obs.]
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4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned
stagecoach.
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5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the
driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
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6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe
where it passes through a roof.
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Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to
pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift.
Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of
boots.
Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for
drawing and shaping the body of a boot.
Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which
is the first signal for mounted drill.
Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary.
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Breasthook
(gcide) | Breasthook \Breast"hook`\, n. (Naut.)
A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across
the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the
bows on each side. --Totten.
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Button hook
(gcide) | Button \But"ton\, n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud,
prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See Butt
an end.]
1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
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2. A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten
together the different parts of dress, by being attached
to one part, and passing through a slit, called a
buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.
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3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a
door.
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5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a
crucible, after fusion.
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Button hook, a hook for catching a button and drawing it
through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.
Button shell (Zool.), a small, univalve marine shell of the
genus Rotella.
Button snakeroot. (Bot.)
(a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded
buttonlike heads of flowers.
(b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow
leaves, and flowers in dense heads.
Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus),
furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West
Indies.
To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to
weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
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By hook or by crook
(gcide) | Hook \Hook\ (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D.
haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel.
haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake,
Hatch a half door, Heckle.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on
which a door or gate hangs and turns.
[1913 Webster]
3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
[1913 Webster]
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
[1913 Webster]
5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; --
called also hook bones.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned
landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
9. (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or
baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball;
in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer
who struck the ball.
[PJC]
10. (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer
program which allows the user to modify the program so as
to import data from or export data to other programs.
[PJC]
By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct
or indirect. --Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or
crook." --Spenser.
Off the hook, freed from some obligation or difficulty; as,
to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job.
[Colloq.]
Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.]
"In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom
I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone
out of the river." --Pepys.
On one's own hook, on one's own account or responsibility;
by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
To go off the hooks, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Bid hook, a small boat hook.
Chain hook. See under Chain.
Deck hook, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a
ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
Hook and eye, one of the small wire hooks and loops for
fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
Hook bill (Zool.), the strongly curved beak of a bird.
Hook ladder, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can
be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed
by V hooks.
Hook squid, any squid which has the arms furnished with
hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera
Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis.
Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end,
instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or
coupling.
[1913 Webster]crook \crook\ (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[=o]kr
hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael.
crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier,
Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.]
1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
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Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. --Phaer.
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2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially:
(a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves
to hold a runaway sheep.
(b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
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He left his crook, he left his flocks. --Prior.
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3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." --Sir W. Scott.
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4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
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For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. --Cranmer.
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5. (Mus.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet,
horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
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6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of
thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
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By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or
foul.
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