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hook
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of HOOK
1
to cause to turn away from a straight line <the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed>
2
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace>
Synonyms catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke
3
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep <the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them>
Synonyms appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve
4
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly <at the clearance sale I hooked one of the few remaining digital cameras>
Synonyms bag, capture, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble [British slang], rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap
Related Words glove, halter, lasso, rope; apprehend, arrest, detain; bay, corner; clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), secure; rend, wrest; enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh; abduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off)
Antonyms miss
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