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  • 61hook-up — (hookґəp) the method of arranging circuits, appliances, and electrodes for a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure …

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  • 62hook and ladder — ☆ hook and ladder n. a fire engine that carries long ladders, hooks for tearing down ceilings, and other equipment …

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  • 63Hook (film) — Infobox Film name = Hook director = Steven Spielberg producer = Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy Gerald R. Molen James V. Hart Malia Scotch Marmo Bruce Cohen writer = Screenplay: James V. Hart Malia Scotch Marmo Screen Story: James V. Hart Nick… …

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  • 64Hook turn — A hook turn is a traffic control mechanism where cars that would normally have to turn across oncoming traffic are made to turn across all lanes of traffic instead. Hook turns are relatively rare, but can be used to improve the flow of through… …

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  • 65hook — ▪ I. hook hook 1 [hʊk] verb [transitive] 1. informal to succeed in attracting someone: • These tactics have helped hook such big clients as Coca Cola. 2. to connect one piece of electronic equipment to another piece of equipment or to an… …

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  • 66hook — hook1 hookless, adj. hooklike, adj. /hook/, n. 1. a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something. 2. a fishhook. 3. anything that catches; snare; trap. 4. something that attracts …

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  • 67Hook 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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  • 68hook — 1) a bent piece of wire with its tip sharpened and often a barb below the tip, used to catch fish. Available in many sizes and styles, variously numbered and named. May be single, double or treble but all these are counted as one hook in angling… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 69hook — 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 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 70hook — 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… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English