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  • 71hook — 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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  • 72Hook, Hart — infobox UK place country = England latitude = 51.2773 longitude = 0.9633 official name = Hook population = 7,321 (2001 Census) shire district = Hart shire county = Hampshire region = South East England constituency westminster = North East… …

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  • 73hook — 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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  • 74hook — 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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  • 75hook — I UK [hʊk] / US noun [countable] Word forms hook : singular hook plural hooks ** 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… …

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  • 76hook — [[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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  • 77Hook horror — context Infobox D D creature name=Hook horror alignment=Neutral type=Aberration subtype= source=Monster Manual II (3rd edition) first=White Dwarf #12In the Dungeons Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, a hook horror is a bipedal, subterranean… …

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  • 78Hook (music) — A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to catch the ear of the listener .[1] The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance… …

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  • 79Hook echo — [ 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. It reached F5 strength on the Fujita scale.] [ Kansas City, Missouri.] The hook echo is one of the classical hallmarks of tornado producing supercell thunderstorms as seen on weather radar. The echo is produced… …

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  • 80hook — /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,… …