Hook

Morpheme

Hook

Type

free base

Denotation

angle, bent shape, catch, entrap

Etymology

Middle English hoke; Old English hōc

Evidence

amnihook, armhook, baithook, boathook, boothook, breasthook, bullhook, butthook, buttonhook, coathook, dehook, drawnhook, firehook, fleshhook, foothook, forehook, grapplehook, grasshook, hook, hookable, hookbill, hooked, hooker, hookier, hookiest, hooking, hookish, hookless, hooklet, hooklike, hookmaker, hookman, hooknose, hooks, hookset, hookswitch, hookswitch, hooktail, hookthorn, hooktip, hooktop, hookworm, hooky, microhook, mudhook, nuthook, overhook, pothook, reaphook, rehook, shavehook, sheephook, skyhook, snowhook, underhook, unhook, unhooked, unhooking, unhooks, webhook