What is the meaning of Hook?

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

A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

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

The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

A snare; a trap.

An advantageous hold.

The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

A field sown two years in succession.

A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

A finesse.

A jack (the playing card).

A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

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

A ship's anchor.

Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

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.

A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

A háček.

Senses relating to sports.

1. A curveball.

   A curveball.

   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.

   A ball that is rolled in a curved line.

   a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc

   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.

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

   The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.

   Any of the chevrons denoting rank.

   A prostitute.

   A pickpocket.

   Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)

   A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.

   To attach a hook to.

   To catch with a hook .

   To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

   To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

   To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

   To steal.

   To connect (hook into, hook together).

   To make addicted; to captivate.

   To play a hook shot.

   To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

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

   To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.

   To engage in prostitution.

   To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

   To finesse.

   To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

   To bend; to be curved.

   To move or go with a sudden turn.

   alternative form of huk (“land or building at the corner”).

   Source: wiktionary.org