hook
/hʊk/ sustantivo B2En español: gancho, garfio, corvo, raño
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A snare; a trap.
Plural hooks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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I shall work it out on my own hook.
He spread out his hood more than ever, and Rikki-tikki saw the spectacle-mark on the back of it that looks exactly like the eye part of a hook-and-eye fastening.
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
He saw hundreds of tiny hooks that caught on anything with loops.
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