What does Hooked mean?
Definitions for Hooked
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Princeton's WordNet
aquiline, hookedadjective
curved down like an eagle's beak
dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-outadjective
addicted to a drug
hooklike, hookedadjective
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
"hooklike thorns";
Wiktionary
hookedadjective
Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
a hooked nose
hookedadjective
Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
Etymology: hook + -ed
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hookedadjective
Bent; curvated.
Etymology: from hook.
Gryps signifies eagle or vulture; from whence the epithet grypus, for an hooked or aquiline nose. Brown.
Now thou threaten’st, with unjust decree,
To seize the prize which I so dearly bought:
Mean match to thine; for still above the rest,
Thy hook’d rapacious hands usurp the best. Dryden.Caterpillars have claws and feet: the claws are hooked, to take the better hold in climbing from twig to twig, and hanging on the backsides of leaves. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. Sac.
Wikipedia
Hooked
Hooked is a song by American country music singer Dylan Scott. It was released in August 2017 from his self-titled album on Curb Records. The song was written by Lindsay Rimes, Seth Ennis, and Morgan Evans.
ChatGPT
hooked
Hooked generally refers to being addicted or completely absorbed in something to the point where one cannot stop or give it up. It can be used in many contexts, such as being hooked on a book, TV show, drug, game, or habit. "Hooked" suggests a strong attachment or fascination.
Webster Dictionary
Hooked
of Hook
Hookedadjective
having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird
Hookedadjective
provided with a hook or hooks
Wikidata
Hooked
Hooked is the ninth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael, covering the period from July 1985 to June 1988. All articles in the book originally appeared in The New Yorker. She reviews more than 170 films giving rich praise to the work of directors and performers she admires - in this collection for example, Robert Altman,; Alan Rudolph - for his film Songwriter; Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Griffith, -; Lesley Ann Warren,; Steve Martin in Roxanne, -. And cool to what she regards as second rate, here for example, George Lucas; and the film Heartbreak Ridge - Her trademark witty style pervades the collection, - the telling use of metaphor -, - the jamming up of oppositions against each other to suggest the complexity of things -; - remarks with epigrammatic force, -; - the deft undercutting of a word or statement by the following word or statement -
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Hooked in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Hooked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Hooked in a Sentence
That's what hooked me. I still get that every time I open a barrel.
I didn’t want to give up food, or exercise. I was too lazy for that. I loved snacking on chips, bread and biscuits, at first, I was only skipping one injection a day. But as the weight dropped off, I became hooked and in just a few weeks, I was skipping my insulin all together.
You lure your users by giving something free, and once they've got hooked onto it, you gradually start increasing the prices, it's the classic way all kinds of monopolies work across the globe.
I did n’t have a BlackBerry. What I did do was have a personal computer that was hooked up to a private phone line( sounds ancient.) So I could communicate with a wide range of friends directly without it going through the State Department servers, i even used it to do business with some foreign leaders and some of the senior folks in State Department on their personal email accounts. I did the same thing on the road in hotels.
I asked the nurse if it was possible, i was told he was hooked up to too many machines and it was not possible to take him out of his hospital room.
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- ganxutCatalan, Valencian
- hookedDanish
- süchtigGerman
- atrapado, adicto, enviciado, curvado, ganchudo, enganchado, aguileñoSpanish
- riippuvainen, koukussa, koukkumainenFinnish
- accrochéFrench
- doyanIndonesian
- agganciataItalian
- verslaafdDutch
- haczykowatyPolish
- EnganchadoPortuguese
- зависимый, крючковатыйRussian
- móc nốiVietnamese
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