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hooked

/hʊkt/ adjetivo C1

En español: ganchudo, enviciado, enganchado

  1. Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook. · a hooked nose
  2. Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing. · He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.· You only have to try heroin once to become hooked.
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The innkeeper himself was a man of from forty to fifty-five years of age, tall, strong, and bony, a perfect specimen of the natives of those southern latitudes; he had dark, sparkling, and deep-set eyes, hooked nose, and teeth white as those of a carnivorous animal; his hair, like his beard, which he wore under his chin, was thick and curly, and in spite of his age but slightly interspersed with a few silvery threads.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 278 · C1
“How comes it that all do not retreat in aversion at sight of that flat, receding, serpent-like forehead, round, vulture-shaped head, and sharp-hooked nose, like the beak of a buzzard?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 467 · C1
I said yes before I had really thought it through, and by the end of August I was hooked.
Bees on the Roof, p. 1 · C1

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