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Definition of To hook on

To hook on
Hook Hook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooking.] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.

Meaning of To hook on from wikipedia

- used to catch fish Flesh-hook, used in cooking meat Grappling hook, a hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown and snagged on a target Hook and chain...
- narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading....
- The Hook, or the Hookman, is an urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In many versions of...
- Sarah Catherine Hook (born April 21, 1995) is an American actress and singer most well known for starring in the film The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me...
- Look up hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hook is a tool with a curved end. Hook may also refer to: Hook#Variations for similar tools Hook hand...
- In telephony, on-hook and off-hook are two states of a communication circuit. On subscriber telephones the states are produced by placing the handset onto...
- Dr. Hook (known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show until 1975) is an American rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey. The band had commercial success...
- A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, p****age, or phrase, that is used in po****r music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the...
- the b****ists for Peter Hook & The Light. Hook was born Peter Woodhead on 13 February 1956, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, to Irene (née Acton; 1928–2000)...
- Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams...