What is the meaning of hooks?

noun

• A catch for locking a door.
  • synonyms: hook
• A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook.
  • synonyms: hook, crotchet
• Anything that serves as an enticement.
  • synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener
• A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.
  • synonyms: hook, claw
• A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something.
  • synonyms: hook
• A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer.
  • usage: "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
  • synonyms: hook, draw, hooking
• A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent.
  • synonyms: hook
• A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket.
  • synonyms: hook shot, hook
• Large strong hand (as of a fighter. )
  • usage: "wait till I get my hooks on him"
  • synonyms: meat hooks, maulers

verb

• Fasten with a hook.
  • synonyms: hook
• Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.
  • synonyms: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
• Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle.
  • usage: "She sat there crocheting all day"
  • synonyms: crochet, hook
• Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left.
  • synonyms: hook
• Take by theft.
  • usage: "Someone snitched my wallet"
  • synonyms: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
• Make off with belongings of others.
  • synonyms: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
• Hit with a hook.
  • usage: "His opponent hooked him badly"
  • synonyms: hook
• Catch with a hook.
  • usage: "hook a fish"
  • synonyms: hook
• To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug.
  • synonyms: addict, hook
• Secure with the foot.
  • usage: "hook the ball"
  • synonyms: hook
• Entice and trap.
  • usage: "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
  • synonyms: hook, snare
• Approach with an offer of sexual favors.
  • usage: "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
  • synonyms: hook, solicit, accost