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Hooks

Definitions: Hooks

Hooks

Noun

1. Large strong hand (as of a fighter); "wait till I get my hooks on him".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hooks" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Synonyms: Hooks

Synonyms: maulers (n), meat hooks (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Hooks, Texas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hooks is a city located in Bowie County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,973.

Geography


Hooks is located at 33°28'10" North, 94°16'49" West (33.469439, -94.280385)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.1 mi²). 5.3 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 2,973 people, 1,215 households, and 840 families residing in the city. The population density is 557.2/km² (1,444.5/mi²). There are 1,345 housing units at an average density of 252.1/km² (653.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 84.02% White, 10.12% African American, 0.98% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.45% from other races, and 2.93% from two or more races. 2.96% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,215 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% are married couples living together, 15.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% are non-families. 28.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.45 and the average family size is 2.96. In the city the population is spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,083, and the median income for a family is $37,793. Males have a median income of $30,711 versus $20,982 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,385. 17.1% of the population and 12.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 22.3% are under the age of 18 and 8.8% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hooks, Texas."

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Synonyms within Context: Hooks

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Death

Pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep; go the way of all flesh; hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips; join the greater number, join the majority; come to dust, turn to dust; cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar; go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall; receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle; come to an untimely end; catch one's death; go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes; die a violent death. (be killed).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hooks

English words defined with "hooks": Adhamant, AgrappesBoulter, bur, burrCan hook, closet, Cynoscion regalisDraught hookfish lure, fisherman's lure, Foul anchorGanch, gig, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling ironHamated, Hatstand, hook and eye, Hook ladder, Hook motion, Hook squidkeyboardlace, lacing, Linguatulinamaulers, meat hooksnight-line, NuthookOff the hookspair of tongs, pentastomid, Porthook, press, ProlegRetinaculumSet line, setline, Sister hooks, Sling dog, Sockdolager, spiller, Spilliard fishing, Spring hooktenter, tenterhook, To go off the hooks, tongs, tongue worm, trawl, trawl line, trotlineUncinuswardrobe, weakfish. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hooks": gang hooks. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hooks

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and fished me out ever so gently. (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

See? Hooks and eyes. (Witness; writing credit: William Kelley; Earl W. Wallace)

Lyrics

Though I've got more hooks than Madonna got looks, (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Movie/TV Titles

Hooks and Jabs (1933)

Tender Hooks (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hooks

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Iron or Steel Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Screw Hooks, Rivets, Washers, and Similar Articles: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Behavior of Texas Birds (The Corrie Herring Hooks Series, No. 53) (reference)

  • Hooks and Ladders (reference)

  • Talking About a Revolution: Interviews With Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bell Hooks, Peter Kwong, Winona Laduke, Manning Marable, Urvashi Vaid, and Howard (reference)

  • The Cardinal (Corrie Herring Hooks Series, No 21) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Hooks

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Sablefish longline operations - lines 3/4 miles long with hooks every 15 to 20 feet. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Gaffing hooks - used to haul aboard fish that are too large to be brought aboard in the nets. Credit: Fisheries.

The tuna are hauled aboard with gaff hooks. Credit: Fisheries.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Graceful Kelp Crab, Pugettia gracilis, commonly found in eelgrass beds and on rocky shorelines from Alaska to Monterey Bay. It is distinguishable by rows of small hooks on the carapace into which it can place bits of algae, eelgrass and other organisms for camouflage. However, it is usually seen without camouflage on the carapace. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 6. Brooke sounder, invented by Midshipman John M. Brooke, USN, at the instigation of Matthew Fontaine Maury of the United States Naval Observatory in 1852. This was the first sounding device to abandon its lead at the bottom and return with a sample. Initially, it was built with two hooks for release and malfunctioned but was rebuilt with a single hook and used successfully in 1853. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Safety hooks showing spring as used on the FISH-HAWK. In: "Report on the Construction and Work in 1880 of United States Fish Commission Steamer FISH-HAWK", by Lieutenant Zera Luther Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. Plate VII, p. 53. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

African American farmers, Leo and Edward Jenkins own and operate this farm in Washington County in the Mississippi Delta. The grow cotton, soybeans, wheat, and vegitables. Here Leo hooks up equipment. Credit: USDA.

[Tweezers, hooks and other instruments] / Andrea Tusso disc. Filip Imperato inc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Stands by his Curtiss pusher biplane, just before taking off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4) to return to land, 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day he landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane had alighted on a warship. Pennsylvania was then at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California. Note the light emergency floats under the plane's lower wings and Ely's flying attire, including rubber inner tubes worn around his shoulders as a life preserver. The hooks on the bottom of the plane's undercarriage were used to catch lines placed across the ship's landing platform in order to bring the aircraft to a stop. Credit: NAVY.

A Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft hooks onto the recovery mat, in preparation for being hoisted on board, circa early 1942. Note flags marking the mat's front edges, and men watching from the whaleboat in the lower right. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Hooks

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

She multiplied hooks and pins where nobody thought of looking.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Whereupon seven monsters like himself came towards him with reaping hooks in their hands, each hook about the size of six scythes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hooks

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

There are dive shops that specialize in selling diving equipment such as masks, fins, regulators, buoyancy compensating devices (BCDs), tanks, compressors, booties, and supplies such as bags, hooks, and mouthpieces. (references)

Domestic production of sporting goods for local sales is concentrated on water skis, surf boards and other watersport equipment; tennis balls; basketballs; fishing rods; fish hooks and fishing tackle/landing nets; butterfly nets; and decoy birds. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Hooks

"Hooks" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 84.70% of the time. "Hooks" is used about 353 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)84.7%29916,795
Noun (proper)9.63%3459,261
Lexical Verb (-s form)5.67%2078,262
                    Total100.00%353N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hooks

The following table summarizes the usage of "hooks" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HooksLast name8,0001,663
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Hooks


1. Hooks, TX (city, FIPS 34736)
Location: 33.46928 N, 94.28496 W
Population (1990): 2684 (1207 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Hooks

Expressions using "hooks": be off the hooks drop off the hooks gang hooks get off the hooks meat hooks off the hooks sister hooks To go off the hooks. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "hooks": hooks-and-copperheads.

Ending with "hooks": pruning-hooks.

Containing "hooks": pot-hooks and hangers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hooks

Language Translations for "hooks"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

勾子 (HOOK). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hudkroge (skin dentate hooks), skraber (bug, disc scraper, doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife, drag hooks, dredge, flight, go-devil, knife, paddle, pig, pipeline cleaner, pipeline scraper, scraper, squeegee), rager (drag hooks), knageraekke til toej (coat rack fitted with hooks), dræg (gang hooks), de vigtigste dele af hejseudstyret er blok-og taljeanordning,boretaarn,spil og forskelligt hejseudstyr som f.eks.kroge,gribeanordninger og belastningsmaalere (and miscellaneous hoisting equipment such as hooks, elevators and weight indicators, the derrick, the draw works, the principal components of the hoisting system are the block-and-tackle system). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

haaksluiting (hooks and eyes), stalen plaat paal met haken (steel sheet post with clips, steel sheet post with hooks), pannenhijsjuk (ladle beam with ladle hooks), krabijzers (drag hooks), kapstok met haken (coat rack fitted with hooks), dreg (dredge, dredge(USA), dredger, gang hooks, grapnel, harrow, harrowfork). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

agrafa fermilo (hooks and eyes). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hara (harrow), teräksinen aitapylväs koukkukiinnikkeillä (steel sheet post with clips, steel sheet post with hooks), panna syöttejä koukkuihin (bait the hooks), monihaarainen koukku (gang hooks). (various references)

   

French

  

fermoir (hooks and eyes). (various references)

   

German

  

hakt, Haken (belaying pin, catch, check, crotchet, crotchets, crux, cruxes, grappling iron, hash, hash up, hitch, hook, peg, snag, stick, trip up). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κρεμάστρα με άγκιστρο για ενδύματα (coat rack fitted with hooks), ράβδος κουτάλας χύτευσης (ladle beam with ladle hooks), σαλαγγιά (gang hooks), γραμμή συνδέουσα τα άγγιστρα ανάρτησης κλισίμετρου (line connecting the suspension hooks of a miners compass or level), πάσσαλοι από ατσαλολαμαρίνα με άγγιστρα (steel sheet post with clips, steel sheet post with hooks), άγκυστρα αλυσίδας ακινητοποίησης (drag hooks), άγγιστρα χαλαρής ζεύξης (drag hooks), ανυψωτική δοκός με άγκιστρα (lifting beam with hooks), τα κυριότερα μέρη του συστήματος ανυψώσεως είναι,το πολύσπαστο,ο πύργος ή ο ιστός γεωτρήσεως,τα βαρούλκα γεωτρήσεως και καθαρισμού και διά (and miscellaneous hoisting equipment such as hooks, the principal components of the hoisting system are the block-and-tackle system), διαδοκίδα κάδου χύτευσης (ladle beam with ladle hooks). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megnősül (to get a wife, to get married, to go off the hooks, to remarry, to take a wife), kikel magából (to go off the hooks, to run riot), kijön a sodrából (lose one's temper, to go off the hooks, to lose countenance, to lose one's hair), férjhez megy (to get married, to go off the hooks, to wed), elpatkol (snuff it, to cash in one's chips, to croak, to cross the river, to cross the river of death, to drop off, to drop off the hooks, to go home, to go west, to hand in one's check, to hop the stick, to hop the twig, to kick the bucket, to shuffle off, to snuff out, to turn up one's toes), elhagyja a béketűrése (to go off the hooks), dühbe jön (to be off the handle, to fly off the handle, to get hairy, to get into a wax, to go off the hooks, to inflame, to wax angry), dühbe gurul (blow one's top, bristle, cut up rough, fly into a rage, get angry, have one's shirt out, see red, to blaze up, to bristle up, to cut up rough, to fall into rage, to flame up, to fly into a passion, to fly into a rage, to fly into a tantrum, to fly off the handle, to get into a rage, to get into a tantrum, to get waxy, to go blind with rage, to go into a tantrum, to go off the deep end, to go off the handle, to go off the hooks, to grow savage, to lose one's hair), beadja a kulcsot (do in, peg out, snuff it, to drop off the hooks, to go west, to hand in one's check, to hop the stick, to hop the twig, to kick the bucket, to lay down one's knife and fork, to pass in one's check, to shuffle off). (various references)

   

Italian

  

uncini cutanei (skin dentate hooks), traversa per siviera (ladle beam with ladle hooks), palo di lamiera d'acciaio con grappi (steel sheet post with clips, steel sheet post with hooks), le parti principali del sistema di sollevamento sono il sistema di pulegge,la torre,l'argano e l'attrezzatura varia di sollevamento,come il gancio di sospensione,gli elevatori e gli indicatori di peso (and miscellaneous hoisting equipment such as hooks, elevators and weight indicators, the derrick, the draw works, the principal components of the hoisting system are the block-and-tackle system), bilancino a ganci (lifting beam with hooks), attaccapanni a gancio (coat rack fitted with hooks), ancoretta (grapnel). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

걸이 (hanger, HOOK). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ookshay

   

Portuguese

  

patera de ganchos (coat rack fitted with hooks), estaca em lâmina de aço com ganchos (steel sheet post with clips, steel sheet post with hooks), cabide de ganchos (coat rack fitted with hooks). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

muri (croak, decease, depart, die, drop off, expire, get off the hooks, go, go west, hop the perch, kick in, pack up, part, pass, pass away, pass on, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, suffer), fi scos din rãbdãri (be off the hooks), fi bolnav (be off the hooks, be on one's back, be queer, lay up, lie on one's back), fi abãtut (be down in the mouth, be off the hooks, be out of heart, be sorry for), a-şi da duhul (drop off the hooks, pass away). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сыграть в ящик (drop off the hooks, pop off the hooks), отправиться на тот свет (drop off the hooks, pop off the hooks). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

manos (dabs, ember, hands). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

häckla (cavil at, hackle, heckle), påle av stålplåt med hakar (steel sheet post with clips, steel sheet post with hooks), bogserkrok (drag hooks). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Hooks

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 27, Verse 40
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai taV agkuraV perielonteV eiwn eiV thn qalassan ama anenteV taV zeukthriaV twn phdaliwn kai eparanteV ton artemona th pneoush kateicon eiV ton aigialon
Latin405VulgateEt cum anchoras abstulissent committebant se mari simul laxantes iuncturas gubernaculorum et levato artemone secundum flatum aurae tendebant ad litus
Middle English1395WyclifAnd whanne thei hadden take vp the ankeris, thei bitoken hem to the see, and slakiden togidir the ioyntours of gouernails. And with a litil seil lift vp, bi blowyng of the wynde thei wenten to the bank.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd when they had taken vp the ancres they comytted them selves vnto the see and lowsed the rudder bondes and hoysed vp ye mayne sayle to the wynde and drue to londe.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted the mainsail to the wind, and made towards the shore.
Basic English1964OgdenSo cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Hooks

LanguageActs Chapter 27, Verse 40
AlbanianI zgjidhën spirancat dhe i lanë të fundosen në det, duke zgjidhur në të njëjtën kohë të lidhurat e timonit; pastaj, si e ngritën velën kryesore nga era, u drejtuan për te bregu.
CebuanoBusa ilang giputol ang mga pisi sa mga angkla ug kini ilang gibiyaan sa dagat; ug sa maong higayon ilang gilugakan ang mga pisi nga gibanting sa mga bansalan; ug sa nabuklad nila sa hangin ang pook, sila mipadulong sa baybayon.
CroatianOdriješe sidra i ostave ih u moru. Istodobno popuste i spone kormila, razapnu prvenjaèu prema vjetru pa udare k obali.
DanishOg de kappede Ankrene, som de lode blive i Søen, og løste tillige Rortovene, og idet de satte Råsejlet til for Vinden, holdt de ind på Strandbredden.
DutchEn als zij de ankers opgehaald hadden, gaven zij het schip aan de zee over, meteen de roerbanden losmakende; en het razeil naar den wind opgehaald hebbende, hielden zij het naar den oever toe.
FinnishJa he hakkasivat ankkuriköydet poikki ja jättivät ankkurit mereen; samalla he päästivät peräsinten nuorat, nostivat keulapurjeen tuuleen ja ohjasivat rantaa kohti.
FrenchIls délièrent les ancres pour les laisser aller dans la mer, et ils relâchèrent en même temps les attaches des gouvernails; puis ils mirent au vent la voile d`artimon, et se dirigèrent vers le rivage.
GermanUnd sie hieben die Anker ab und ließen sie dem Meer, lösten zugleich die Bande der Steuerruder auf und richteten das Segel nach dem Winde und trachteten nach dem Ufer.
HungarianA vasmacskákat azért körös-körül elvagdalván, a tengerben hagyák, egyszersmind eloldván a kormányrudak köteleit és felvonván a nagy vitorlát a szélfúvásnak, igyekeznek vala a part felé haladni.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMaka tali-tali sauh dipotong lalu sauh-sauh itu dibiarkan tenggelam ke laut. Sejalan dengan itu juga mereka melepaskan tali yang mengikat kemudi-kemudi. Kemudian mereka menaikkan layar di bagian depan kapal supaya angin meniup kapal itu maju menuju pantai.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka dikeratnya segala tali sauh itu, ditinggalkannya di dalam laut, sambil mengorak pengikat kemudi itu dan menaikkan layar agung menambang angin, lalu ditujukannya ke pantai itu.
ItalianLevarono le ancore e le lasciarono andare in mare; al tempo stesso allentarono i legami dei timoni e spiegata al vento la vela maestra, mossero verso la spiaggia.
MaoriNa tapahia ana e ratou nga punga, tukua ana ki te moana, i whakakorokoroa ana nga here o te urungi, ka hutia ano te ra nui ki te hau, ka tika atu ki te one.
NorwegianDe kappet da ankerne og lot dem falle i havet, og løste tillike de taug som de hadde surret rorene med; så heiste de seilet for vinden og holdt ned på stranden.
PortugueseSoltando as âncoras, deixaram-nas no mar, largando ao mesmo tempo as amarras do leme; e, içando ao vento a vela da proa, dirigiram-se para a praia.   
RumanianAu tqiat ancorele, ca sq le sloboadq kn mare, wi au slqbit kn acelaw timp funiile ckrmelor; apoi au ridicat ventrila cea micq dupq suflarea vkntului, wi s`au kndreptat spre mal.
ShuarNuyá jiru Entsá ajunman chapikrin tsupirkar Entsá ikiukiarmiayi. Tura kanait Jinkiárma ármia nuna chapikrin tsupirkarmiayi. Tura tarach Kanú nujiin amia nuna nenakarmiayi. Túram kanu Káanmatkanam anumsatuk ajasmiayi.
SwahiliHivyo walikata nanga na kuziacha baharini, na wakati huohuo wakazifungua kamba zilizokuwa zimeufunga usukani, kisha wakatweka tanga moja mbele kushika upepo, wakaelekea ufukoni.
SwedishDe kapade så ankartågen på båda sidor och lämnade ankarna kvar i havet; tillika lösgjorde de rodren och hissade förseglet för vinden och styrde mot stranden.
UmaJadi', rabintohi-mi koloro potoe ahe' pontaha kapal, pai' ahe' pontaha toe rapelele' moto-mi hi rala tahi'. Nto'u toe wo'o, rabongka-mi koloro to mpohoo' guli' kapal, bona kapal ma'ala rapajala'. Pai' ratoe layar hi nyanyoa kapal bona kapal mpotoa' role-na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hooks

Derivations

Words ending with "hooks": billhooks, boathooks, buttonhooks, chooks, eyehooks, fishhooks, pothooks, reaphooks, shooks, skyhooks, tenterhooks, unhooks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hooks" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dooks, Hoak, hoakes, hobok, hochs, hocs, Hoeke, hoik, hoiks, hojok, Hok, Hoka, hokes, hoko, hooka, hooke, hookl, hookos, hoors, Hoos, ohok, ohos, Thokoza, zooks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hooks"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hooks" (pronounced huh"ks)
3-uh" k sbooks, Brooks, chinooks, cooks, crooks, looks, nooks, rooks, schnooks, snooks.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Hooks

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: shook.

Words within the letters "h-k-o-o-s"

-1 letter: hook, oohs, shoo, sook.

-2 letters: kos, oho, ohs, ooh.

-3 letters: ho, oh, os, sh, so.

 Words containing the letters "h-k-o-o-s"
 

+1 letter: chooks, hookas, shnook, shooks.

 

+2 letters: bookish, boshbok, hookahs, hookers, hookeys, hookies, hookups, kolkhos, schnook, shnooks, skyhook, sovkhoz, unhooks.

 

+3 letters: bookshop, boschbok, boshboks, cashbook, chinooks, cookshop, eyehooks, fishhook, hockshop, hommocks, hookiest, hookless, hooklets, hooknose, kolhozes, kolkhosy, pothooks, schnooks, skyhooks, sovkhozy, spookish, workshop.

 

+4 letters: billhooks, boathooks, bookishly, bookshelf, bookshops, boschboks, cashbooks, chapbooks, cockhorse, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshops, fishhooks, foreshock, handbooks, hockshops, homeworks, hoodwinks, hooknoses, hookworms, hoopskirt, hornbooks, housework, hymnbooks, kinghoods, knotholes, kolkhoses, kolkhozes, markhoors, monkhoods, monkshood, nonkosher, photomask, reaphooks, schoolkid, solonchak, sovkhozes, stokehold, unbookish, workhorse, workhouse, workshops.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hooks


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 6F 6F 6B 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01101111 01101111 01101011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#111 &#111 &#107 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 006F 006F 006B 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4281817785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Cities
13. Expressions
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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definisie, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, 定義 , 定义, definice, deskriptordefinition, definitie, määritelmä, définition, ορισμός, "'"ר", "'בל", meghatározás, definíció, definizione, 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, 의, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght, definishon, definição, definiţie, determinare, definire, определение, definicija, definición, definition, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, diffiniad, darnodiad, for definition;
vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
‏الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, Eseperano, esperanto, Kiesperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô, for esperanto;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
korean, ‏كوري شمالي, ‏اللغة الكورية, ‏كوري جنوبي, ‏كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;