HOOK

'Hook' may refer to:

★ Any device which attaches to a (possibly unwilling) object, and attempts to draw it towards the place the hook is attached

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★ Grappling hook, a hook attached to a rope, designed to give traction on a distant object (such as a wall, tree or a vehicle) by snagging on its edge or corner when thrown

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★ Lanyard hook, A springy flat stock wire item formed wide at one end, narrow at the other. It opens inward with thumb pressure and stays closed by the temper of the wire.[1]

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★ Lifting hook, a device for grabbing and lifting loads

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★ Siege hook, a weapon used in medieval and classical siege warfare to tear down walls in fortifications

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★ Sister Hook, Two overlapping metal hooks hinged to form a heart outline when open. Used as a clasp. [2] Photo here [3]

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★ One part of a hook-and-eye, a type of textile closure.

★ In 'music':

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★ Hook (music), a catchy musical passage

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★ Hook (song), a Blues Traveler song

★ In 'sport':

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★ Hook (boxing), a boxing punch in which the arm is swung bent

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★ Hook shot a type of shot in basketball.

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★ Fishing hook, a device used to catch fish.

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★ A slang term for a curveball in baseball.

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★ Hook, a type of golf shot

★ In 'language':

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★ Hook (rhetoric)

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★ Hook (diacritic), a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet

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★ Narrative hook, a type of plot device in screenwriting and literature

★ As in 'Captain Hook':

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★ Captain Hook, a fictional villain from J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, a children's novel

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★ ''Hook'' (film), a 1991 motion picture sequel to the Peter Pan books and stageplay starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams

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★ Hook (video game), video games based on the film

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★ Abu Hamza, a radical Muslim Cleric known in the British tabloid press as 'Hook' or 'Captain Hook', so named for the hook in place of his missing right hand, currently serving a prison sentence for incitement of racial hatred.

★ ''Hook'' (Transformers), a Constructicon surgical engineer and truck crane in the Transformers universe

★ Telephone hook, a cradle on which a telephone handset rests

★ Prosthetic hook, a crude hand prosthesis

★ Bondage hook, a device used in sexual bondage play

★ "Hook-and-loop" fasteners such as Velcro

★ Hooking, a computer programming technique used in event handling

★ Tailhook, an implement on navy aircraft to allow safe carrier landing.

★ Eye bolt (or eye hook), a device used to connect string.

★ The Hook, a classic urban legend.

Contents

Placenames

See also

Placenames

★ Hoek van Holland or Hook of Holland, in the Netherlands

★ Hook Head, Ireland

★ In the United States:

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★ Bombay Hook, Delaware ''(Boomties Hoek)''

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★ Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania ''(Maratties Hoek)''

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★ Sandy Hook, New Jersey ''(Sant Hoek)''

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★ Red Hook, New York ''(Roode Hoek)''

★ In the United Kingdom:

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★ Hook, Cambridgeshire

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★ Hook, Devon

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★ Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire

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★ Hook, London

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★ Hook, Hart (north Hampshire)

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★ Hook, North Yorkshire

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★ Hook, Pembrokeshire

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★ Hook, Wiltshire

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★ Hook Bank

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★ Hook End

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★ Hook Green

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★ Hook Heath

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★ Hook Norton

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★ Hook Park

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★ Hook Street

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★ Hook-a-gate

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★ Hook's Cross

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★ Hook-on-Rupom

See also

★ Hook (surname)

★ Hooked (disambiguation)