"hooking" in the noun sense

1. hook, draw, hooking

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

"he took lessons to cure his hooking"

"hooking" in the verb sense

1. hook

fasten with a hook

2. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

rip off ask an unreasonable price

3. crochet, hook

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

"She sat there crocheting all day"

4. hook

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

5. hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom

take by theft

"Someone snitched my wallet!"

6. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

make off with belongings of others

7. hook

hit with a hook

"His opponent hooked him badly"

8. hook

catch with a hook

"hook a fish"

9. addict, hook

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

10. hook

secure with the foot

"hook the ball"

11. hook, snare

entice and trap

"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

12. hook, solicit, accost

approach with an offer of sexual favors

"he was solicited by a prostitute"

"The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

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