Hook

  • 91hook — I. vb 1. British to steal. This euphemism, which is still in use in London working class speech, is at least 200 years old. The h is almost invariably dropped. ► She managed to hook a few videotapes. Barry s been out hookin again. (Recorded,… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 92Hook — (By hook or by crook) Dispensation permitting villagers to gather firewood from woodlands, but using only their hook and crook. Effectively permitted the collection of dead branches from the trees …

    Medieval glossary

  • 93Hook — (sprich huhck; deutsch Haken) Wenn der Ball während des Fluges nach links wegdreht, spricht man von einem hook . Jeder Pro wird seinem Schüler erklären, dass der Hook Talent verrät, was sich von einem Slice (hier dreht der Ball nach rechts ab)… …

    Golf lexikon

  • 94hook-up — /ˈhʊk ʌp/ (say hook up) noun 1. Radio a. a diagram of radio apparatus, showing the connection of the different elements. b. the elements as set up for operation. 2. combination; connection. 3. Radio, TV a link up, often temporary, of different… …

  • 95hook —   Lou, loulou; kīlou (as on a door); kēlou, huka. See fishhook.    ♦ To hook, kīlou, kēlou, kīhele.    ♦ To draw, up with a hook, as in fishing octopus, kīkākala.    ♦ Hooked, but escaped, as a fish, kūlihi.    ♦ Hooked finger (for feeding poi),… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 96hook·up — /ˈhʊkˌʌp/ noun, pl ups [count] : an arrangement or part by which pieces of equipment can be connected The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup. The cabin has electric and water hookups. telephone/computer/Internet hookups see… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 97hook up — {v. phr.} To connect or fit together. * /The company sent a man to hook up the telephone./ * /They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 98hook up — {v. phr.} To connect or fit together. * /The company sent a man to hook up the telephone./ * /They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 99Hook.f — Joseph Dalton Hooker Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hooker. Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 juin 1 …

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  • 100Hook.f. — Joseph Dalton Hooker Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hooker. Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 juin 1 …

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