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. • An advantageous hold. • The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones. • Removal or expulsion from a group or activity. • A field sown two years in succession. • A grasp (of), an attachment (to). • 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. • 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 sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.). • 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. • A ship's anchor. • Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour. • 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. • A curveball. • a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot. • A ball that is rolled in a curved line. • a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc • A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height. • A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.) • The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball. • Any of the chevrons denoting rank. • A prostitute. • A pickpocket. • Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”). • A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.