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  • 121hook — ▪ 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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  • 122hook — 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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  • 123hook — 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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  • 124hook — 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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  • 125hook — 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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  • 126The Fundamental Elements of Southtown — Infobox Album Name = The Fundamental Elements of Southtown Type = Album Artist = P.O.D. Released = August 24, 1999 Recorded = February April 1999 at The Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California; Sparky Dark, Calabasas, California; Mates, North Hollywood …

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  • 127hook — [hʊk] noun [C] I 1) a curved piece of metal or plastic, used for hanging things on or for catching fish He hung his coat on a hook on the back of the door.[/ex] 2) a way of hitting someone with your arm bent a left hook to the jaw[/ex] • off the… …

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  • 128The Rolling Stones — Rolling Stones redirects here. For other uses, see Rolling Stones (disambiguation). The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts …

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