hooker

  • 91hooker cell — “ noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after Albert H. Hooker died 1936 American electrochemist : a cell that has graphite anodes and wire screen cathodes covered with asbestos diaphragms and that is used for making sodium hydroxide and… …

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  • 92Hooker — I. biographical name Joseph 1814 1879 American general II. biographical name Sir Joseph Dalton 1817 1911 English botanist III. biographical name Richard 1554 1600 English theologian IV. biographical name Thomas 1586? 1647 English Puritan… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 93hooker — 1) angler 2) a one masted fishing smack (English dialect) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 94hooker — noun /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ),ˈhʊk.ɚ/ a) A prostitute. b) A small fishing boat …

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  • 95hooker — Synonyms and related words: B girl, Cyprian, Paphian, argosy, bark, bawd, boat, bottom, bucket, call girl, craft, daughter of joy, drab, erring sister, fallen woman, fille, fille de joie, harlot, hulk, hull, hustler, keel, leviathan, meretrix,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 96Hooker — prostitute …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 97hooker — I Australian Slang prostitute II Canadian Slang a female prostitute …

    English dialects glossary

  • 98hooker — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. whore, lady of the evening, streetwalker. see prostitute II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot,… …

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  • 99Hooker — Hoo|ker 〈[hụkə(r)] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: ; Sport〉 1. 〈Golf〉 Golfspieler, der den Hookspin besonders gut beherrscht 2. 〈Rugby〉 Stürmer, der beim Anstoß in der vorderen Reihe steht u. den Angriff abblockt [Etym.: <engl. hook »Haken«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 100hooker — hook|er [ˈhukə US ər] n informal a woman who has sex with men for money = ↑prostitute …

    Dictionary of contemporary English