hooker Meaning & Definition
What Does Hooker Mean?
Hooker is used as a noun meaning One who, or that which, hooks. It can also mean A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
Word Facts for Hooker
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //ˈhʊkə// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | hustler, slattern and floozy |
| Plural | hookers |
Hooker Definition (Noun)
- One who, or that which, hooks.
- A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
- A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
- A crocheter.
- Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
- A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
Noun
- A prostitute.
- An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.
Noun
- Alternative spelling of hookah.
Noun
- A small fishing boat; any small or run-down ship.
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.
Noun
- A small fishing boat.
- Any antiquated craft.
Noun
- (1920s to 1940s) An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.
Synonyms of Hooker
Hooker synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Hooker
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Hooker in a Sentence
He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
The song's hook snared me.
We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code.
Word Forms & Grammar
hooker (plural hookers)
Words That Rhyme With Hooker
Origin of Hooker
Origin 1: From hook (verb) + -er.
Origin 2: Unknown. The "prostitute" sense is the subject of a folk etymology connecting it to General Hooker of the American Civil War, but the earliest known use dates to 1835, decades before the war. Less implausibly, it has also been connected to a coastal feature called a hook (“A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey, Red Hook in New York”) in the ports of New York and Baltimore, or simply to Etymology 1, hook (“to catch with a hook”) + -er suggesting that prostitutes catch men like fish. Carefully learned inference is not conclusive. See this essay, pp 105ff.
Origin 3: From Dutch hoeker, an alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot, from hoec + boot.
How Do You Say Hooker?
Hooker is pronounced //ˈhʊkə// and has 1 syllable.
Common Questions About Hooker
What part of speech is hooker?
Hooker is a noun.
What is another word for hooker?
Close synonyms of hooker are hustler, slattern and floozy. See the full list of hooker synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of hooker?
The plural of hooker is hookers.