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  • 1Hook flash — (sometimes labeled flash ) is a button on a telephone that simulates quickly hanging up then picking up again (a quick off hook/on hook/off hook cycle). This action can signal the telephone exchange to do something. A common use of hook flash is… …

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  • 2Hook and lateral — The hook and lateral or hook and ladder is a trick play in American or Canadian football. It starts with the hook, which is where a wide receiver runs a predetermined distance, usually 10 yards down the field, and along the sideline, and hooks in …

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  • 3hook — hook1 S3 [huk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hanging things)¦ 2¦(catching fish)¦ 3 let/get somebody off the hook 4 leave/take the phone off the hook 5 be ringing off the hook 6¦(interest)¦ 7 by hook or by crook 8¦(hitting somebody)¦ 9 h …

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  • 4receiver — noun 1 part of a telephone ADJECTIVE ▪ phone, telephone VERB + RECEIVER ▪ lift, pick up ▪ She took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook …

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  • 5hook — hook1 [ huk ] noun count ** 1. ) a curved piece of metal or plastic for hanging things on: He hung his coat on a hook on the back of the door. a ) a small curved piece of metal or plastic used for catching fish at the end of a LINE b ) a curved… …

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  • 6hook — [[t]h ʊk[/t]] ♦♦♦ hooks, hooking, hooked 1) N COUNT A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up. One of his jackets hung from a hook. ...curtain hooks... He felt a fish pull at… …

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  • 7hook — /hʊk / (say hook) noun 1. a curved or angular piece of metal or other firm substance catching, pulling, or sustaining something. 2. a fishhook. 3. that which catches; a snare; a trap. 4. something curved or bent like a hook, as a mark or symbol,… …

  • 8hook — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR HANGING THINGS ON a curved piece of metal or plastic that you use for hanging things on: Put your coat on the hook. 2 FOR CATCHING FISH a curved piece of thin metal with a sharp point for catching fish: a fish hook 3 by hook or… …

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  • 9hook — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with a round bend, for catching hold or for hanging things on. b (in full fish hook) a bent piece of wire, usu. barbed and baited, for catching fish. 2 a curved cutting… …

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  • 10hook — noun 1》 a piece of curved metal or other hard material for catching hold of things or hanging things on.     ↘(also fish hook) a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish. 2》 a thing designed to catch people s attention …

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