Hook

  • 81Hook — 1 Original name in latin Hook Name in other language State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 53.72053 latitude 0.84792 altitude 6 Population 0 Date 2011 07 31 2 Original name in latin Hook Name in other language State code GB… …

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  • 82hook up — v. 1) (D; tr.) to hook up to (to hook a telephone up to the cable) 2) (D; intr.) to hook up with ( to join ) …

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  • 83hook\ up — 1. To handcuff (refers to the specific act of handcuffing, but implies taking into custody). Police slang. 2. To get together romantically. 1. Tags on the car are expired, let s go ahead and hook him up. OR Busy day today, we musta hooked up five …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 84hook\ up — 1. To handcuff (refers to the specific act of handcuffing, but implies taking into custody). Police slang. 2. To get together romantically. 1. Tags on the car are expired, let s go ahead and hook him up. OR Busy day today, we musta hooked up five …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 85hook it — vb British to leave, run away. The phrase, a variant of hook off , an earlier and now obsoles cent cockney expression, is over 100 years old and is also heard occasionally in the USA. The origin of the hook refer ence is obscure but may be… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 86hook —    1. to steal    The imagery is from angling. In East Africa it still applies to the technique of introducing a pole with a hook on the end through the shutters of your bedroom, with razor blades let into the shaft to stop you grabbing it:     I …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 87hook-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hook up : singular hook up plural hook ups a connection between two electrical systems or pieces of equipment such as computers …

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  • 88hook — (1) Basal portion of bacterial flagellum, to which is distally attached the flagellin filament. Proximally the hook is attached to the rotating spindle of the motor. In some bacteria (Myxobacteria) the rotation of the hook itself (without an… …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 89hook — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Hook is used after these nouns: ↑coat, ↑fish, ↑meat, ↑picture {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Hook is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑drive, ↑finger, ↑trout …

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  • 90hook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curvature, crook, bend; gaff. v. t. catch, fasten; curve, bend; link, join. See connection, pendency. II (Roget s IV) I n. 1. [An implement for snagging] Syn. lock, catch, clasp, latch; see fastener …

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