FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

n A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.

n Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook

n A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.

n A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

n A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.

n (informal) removal | Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

n (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.

n (baseball) A curveball.

n (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

n (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade

n (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.

n (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.

n (slang) A jack (the playing card)

n (typography|rare) A (l|en|háček).

n (context|Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

n (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.

n (bridge|slang) A finesse.

v (transitive) To attach a hook to.

v (transitive) To catch with a hook (qualifier|hook a fish).

v (transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.

v (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).

v (Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

v (cricket|golf) To play a hook shot.

v (field hockey|ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

v (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

v (intransitive|slang) To engage in prostitution.

v (context|Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

v (bridge|slang) To finesse.