hokes
/həʊks/
Dictionary
noun
- Something contrived or artificial.
verb
- To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
verb
- To scrounge, to grub.
noun
- 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.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity
"He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook."
- A field sown two years in succession.
- (authorship) 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.
- (authorship) 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.
"The song's hook snared me."
- A ship's anchor.
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
"We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code."
- (Scrabble) 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.
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