Captain of the 𝘑𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳

noun

1. A curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling
2. Something intended to attract and ensnare
3. Anchor
4. Something curved or bent like a hook
5. A flight or course of a ball that deviates from straight in a direction opposite to the dominant hand of the player propelling it
6. A short blow delivered with a circular motion by a boxer while the elbow remains bent and rigid
7. Hook shot
8. Buttonhook
9. Quick or summary removal
10. A device especially in music or writing that catches the attention
11. A selling point or marketing scheme
12. Cradle

verb

1. To form into a hook crook
2. To seize or make fast by or as if by a hook
3. To connect by or as if by a hook

   "It … comes with a detachable carabiner for hooking it to whatever you want …"

4. Steal, pilfer
5. To make (something, such as a rug) by drawing loops of yarn, thread, or cloth through a coarse fabric with a hook
6. To hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results
7. To form a hook curve
8. To become hooked
9. To work as a sex worker

noun

1. A 2-part fastening device (as on a garment or a door) consisting of a metal hook that catches over a bar or into a loop

noun

1. A piece of mobile fire apparatus carrying ladders and usually other firefighting and rescue equipment

noun

1. An act or instance of attempting to knock the puck away from an opponent in ice hockey by hooking it with the stick

adverb

1. Without hesitation or reservation completely

   "fell for the story hook, line and sinker"

noun

1. A shot in basketball made usually while standing sideways to the basket by swinging the ball up in an arc with the far hand

verb

1. To become associated especially in a working or social relationship

   "The quartet hooked up in 1990 with Reggie Andrews, a high school music teacher who taught the naive group the nuts and bolts of album making and the record industry."

2. To have a casual sexual encounter

   "… on Covert Affairs, Christopher Gorham plays a blind CIA tech operative who hooks up with lovely girls …"

3. Connect

   "hooked up the trailer"

geographical name

1. Headland on the coast southwest of The Hague in the South Holland province in the southwestern part of the Netherlands

phrasal verb

1. To become connected to (something, such as a computer network or a source of electrical power)

   "We don't have the hardware we need to hook into the network."