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Tool used to grab onto, connect, or attach to something
A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved/bent back or has a deeply grooved indentation
Hook
Urban legend
The Hook, or the Hookman, is an American urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In many versions
The_Hook
1991 film by Steven Spielberg
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams
Hook_(film)
Fictional character
Captain James Hook is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations, in which
Captain_Hook
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hook is a tool with a curved end. Hook or The Hook may also refer to: Hook#Variations for similar tools
Hook_(disambiguation)
American rock band
Dr. Hook (known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show until 1975) was an American rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey. The band had commercial success
Dr._Hook
Musical idea used to add appeal
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
Hook_(music)
Topics referred to by the same term
Hook and ladder may refer to: Hook and ladder, historical firefighting equipment—hooks (pike poles) and ladders Hook-and-ladder truck, a modern firefighting
Hook_and_ladder
Surname list
Van Hook or VanHook is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Caroline van Hook Bean (1879–1980) American painter Clay Van Hook (born 1985)
Van_Hook
British bassist (born 1956)
Peter Hook (né Woodhead; born 13 February 1956) is an English musician. He is the former bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and
Peter_Hook
Techniques to alter a program
In computer programming, hooking is a range of techniques used to alter or augment the behaviour of an operating system, of applications, or of other
Hooking
or setting the hook is when an angler makes a sudden lifting motion to a fishing rod in order to pull the line and anchor the fish hook firmly into the
Hook_set
American professional wrestler
Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Hook (often stylized as HOOK) and is a member of The Opps stable. He is a former three-time
Hook_(wrestler)
Medieval Welsh pole weapon
A Welsh hook is a type of polearm, a halberd-like weapon with a hook on the back, and gained its name due to its prevalence among the Welsh soldiers during
Welsh_hook
Surname list
Hook (1805–1881), of E. and G. G. Hook & Hastings, American organ manufacturers Frank Eugene Hook (1893–1982), American politician Geoff "Jeff" Hook (1928–2018)
Hook_(surname)
Weather radar signature indicating tornadic circulation in a supercell thunderstorm
A hook echo is a pendant or hook-shaped weather radar signature as part of some supercell thunderstorms. It is found in the lower portions of a storm as
Hook_echo
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up off the hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Off the Hook may refer to: Off the Hook (compilation album), in the Now That's What I Call Music
Off_the_Hook
Implement for extracting lobsters from holes
A lobster hook or lobsterhook is a hook with a handle (often home-made from a length of thick, stiff wire) used to encourage crabs and lobsters to come
Lobster_hook
American mass murderer (1992–2012)
December 14, 2012) was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history
Adam_Lanza
Device with multiple hooks attached to a rope
Grappling hook / Grapnel A grappling hook, or grapnel, is a drag-looking device intended for grappling onto something. It typically has multiple hooks (known
Grappling_hook
Device for catching fish
A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English angol and Proto-Germanic *angulaz), is a hook used to catch fish either by piercing
Fish_hook
American author and activist (1952–2021)
(September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), was an American philosopher, educator, author and
Bell_hooks
Topics referred to by the same term
hook, line, and sinker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hook, line and sinker may refer to: Hook, line and sinker, an English-language idiom Hook,
Hook,_line,_and_sinker
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hookup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hook-up has several meanings: Making a connection between components in a system An electrical connector
Hook-up
Type of textile fastener
Velcro Hook and Loop Fastener, commonly known as Velcro (a trademarked term that the manufacturer renders in all-capital letters as VELCRO), hook-and-pile
Velcro
Implement with a hook at one end, used in crocheting
A crochet hook is a tool used to create loops in thread or yarn and to interlock them into crochet stitches. It consists of a round shaft with a hooked
Crochet_hook
Chinese curved sword
The hook sword, twin hooks, fu tao, hu tou gou (tiger head hook) or shuang gou (Chinese: 鈎 or 鉤; pinyin: Gōu) is a Chinese weapon traditionally associated
Hook_sword
Lighthouse
The Hook Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais Rinn Duáin; also known as Hook Head Lighthouse) is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula
Hook_Lighthouse
Device used in BDSM activities
A nose hook may be used as part of humiliation play or as part of dehumanization. It may also be used as part of a predicament bondage scene or make bondage
Nose_hook
Village and parish in Hampshire, England
Hook /ˈhʊk/ is a civil parish and large village in the Hart District of northern Hampshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) east of Basingstoke
Hook,_Hart
2012 mass shooting in Connecticut, US
On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting
BDSM play device
An anal hook or ass hook (North American informal) is a sex toy, often resembling a fish hook in appearance, intended for anal sexual penetration or other
Anal_hook
Diacritical mark
you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The palatal hook (◌̡) is a hook diacritic formerly used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to
Palatal_hook
Peninsula in New Jersey
Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The barrier spit, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) in length
Sandy_Hook
Boxing punch
uppercut or right hook. The hook is a powerful punch with knockout power. Variations of the hook are the shovel hook or upper-hook; a punch that combines
Hook_(boxing)
Diacritical mark
characters. In typesetting, the hook or tail is a diacritic mark attached to letters in many alphabets. In shape it looks like a hook and it can be attached below
Hook_(diacritic)
Fish hook which is sharply curved back in a circular shape
A circle hook is a type of fish hook which is sharply curved back in a circular shape. The hook is designed to slide out of the throat and rotate into
Circle_hook
English phrase
"By hook or by crook" is an English phrase meaning "by any means necessary" suggesting that any means possible should be taken to accomplish a goal. The
By_hook_or_by_crook
Basketball play
In basketball, a hook shot is a play where the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball using a sweeping motion
Hook_shot
American baseball player & coach (born 1968)
Christopher Wayne Hook (born August 4, 1968) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who is the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers
Chris_Hook
Traditional type of fastener
A hook-and-eye closure is a simple and secure method of fastening garments together. It consists of a metal hook, commonly wire bent to shape, and an eye
Hook-and-eye_closure
American actress
Sarah Catherine Campbell Hook is an American actress and singer best known for starring in the film The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). On television
Sarah_Catherine_Hook
Neighborhood in New York City
Red Hook is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, United States, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. It is located on a peninsula
Red_Hook,_Brooklyn
1995 single by Blues Traveler
"Hook" is a song by American rock band Blues Traveler, from their fourth studio album, Four (1994). The title of the song is a reference to the term hook
Hook_(song)
Canadian guitarist
Jason Hook (born Thomas Jason Grinstead; 1970/1971) is a Canadian guitarist, best known as a former guitarist of the American heavy metal band Five Finger
Jason_Hook
German heraldic charge
Wolfsangel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfsˌʔaŋəl] , translation: "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃pɔ̃] ) is a heraldic charge from
Wolfsangel
Method of web development
Jeff Lindsay coined the term webhook from the computer programming term hook. Webhooks are "user-defined HTTP callbacks". They are usually triggered by
Webhook
American philosopher (1902–1989)
Sidney Hook (December 20, 1902 – July 12, 1989) was an American philosopher of pragmatism known for his contributions to the philosophy of history, the
Sidney_Hook
Telephone respectively off- and on-line
In telephony, on-hook and off-hook are two states of a communication circuit. On subscriber telephones the states are produced by placing the handset
On-_and_off-hook
Hand tool for securing and moving loads
may be called a box hook, cargo hook, loading hook, docker's hook when used by longshoremen, and a baling hook, bale hook, or hay hook in the agricultural
Hook_(hand_tool)
Topics referred to by the same term
Bill Hook may refer to: Bill Hook (chess player) (1925–2010), British Virgin Islands chess player Bill Hook (rugby union) (1920–2013), English rugby union
Bill_Hook
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up tailhook, tail-hook, or tail hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tail hook or variant, may refer to: Tailhook - used on carrier based aircraft
Tail_hook
English rock band (1976–1980)
guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a June 1976 Sex Pistols
Joy_Division
Public housing development in Brooklyn, New York
largest housing development in Brooklyn. The Red Hook Houses comprise Red Hook East and Red Hook West. Red Hook East is composed of 16 residential buildings
Red_Hook_Houses
List of people with the same nickname
Look up Hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. As a nickname, Hook or the Hook may refer to: John Lee Hooker (1912–2001), American blues singer, songwriter
Hook_(nickname)
English rock band
Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris, with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert joining the band shortly after. Sumner, Hook and Morris were previously
New_Order_(band)
Northern Cheyenne warrior
Roman Nose (c. 1823 – September 17, 1868), also known as Hook Nose (Cheyenne: Vóhko'xénéhe, also spelled Woqini and Woquini), was a Native American of
Hook_Nose
This is a list of BDSM equipment: Armbinder, Monoglove Anal hook Ball lock Bondage cuffs Bondage mittens[clarification needed] Bondage harness Bondage
List_of_BDSM_equipment
American actress and comedian (1957–2014)
Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy
Jan_Hooks
Narrative technique
A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading
Narrative_hook
Single-handed agricultural tool
A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting
Sickle
A clothes hook, wardrobe hook or wall hook is an object designed to directly hang clothing or textiles on a wall or other surface for quick and easy storage
Wardrobe_hook
Road-vehicular manoeuvre for turning across lanes of opposing traffic
A hook turn (Australian English) or two-stage turn (British English), also known as a Copenhagen Left (in reference to cyclists specifically and in countries
Hook_turn
Topics referred to by the same term
William Hook (or Hooke) may refer to: William Hooke (minister) (1600–1677), an English minister William Hooke (governor) (1612–1652), the governor of New
William_Hook
English screenwriter, director and photographer
Harry Hook, born 1960, is an English screenwriter, film/television director and photographer. Hook is best known for such films as The Last of His Tribe
Harry_Hook
Topics referred to by the same term
Heel hook may refer to: Heel hook, in grappling A climbing technique This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Heel hook. If an
Heel_hook
DNA-binding motif
The AT-hook is a DNA-binding motif present in many proteins, including the high-mobility group (HMG) proteins, DNA-binding proteins from plants and hBRG1
AT-hook
American football player (born 2001)
Maxen Michael Hook (born August 19, 2001) is an American professional football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He
Maxen_Hook
Curved path followed by a bowling ball
A hook in ten-pin bowling is a ball that rolls in a curving pattern (as opposed to straight). The purpose of the hook is to give the ball a better angle
Hook_(bowling)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Sandy Hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sandy Hook is a barrier spit along the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. Sandy Hook may also refer to:
Sandy_Hook_(disambiguation)
British comic book story
"Hook Jaw" is a British comic adventure story published in the weekly anthology Action from 14 February to 12 November 1977 by IPC Magazines. The story
Hook_Jaw
Swedish computer scientist (born 1964)
Kristina Höök (born 1964) is a Swedish computer scientist specializing in human–computer interaction and known for her work in somaesthetics. She is a
Kristina_Höök
Genus of grass-like plants
known as hook-sedges in Australia and as hook grasses or bastard grasses in New Zealand. The genus is characterised by the presence of a long hook formed
Uncinia
Craft technique for rugs and hangings
Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug
Rug_hooking
Topics referred to by the same term
Captain Hook is the villain of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories. Captain Hook may also refer to: Captain Hereward Hook, a British captain who, as a 15-year-old
Captain_Hook_(disambiguation)
2012 film directed by Spike Lee
Red Hook Summer is a 2012 American drama film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. It is Lee's sixth film in his "Chronicles of Brooklyn" series following
Red_Hook_Summer
Gibraltarian artist (born 1971)
Christian Hook (born 1971) is a Gibraltarian contemporary artist. Hook was born in Gibraltar in 1971. He studied illustration at Middlesex University in
Christian_Hook
Headland in County Wexford, Ireland
Hook Head (Irish: Rinn Duáin), historically called Rindowan, is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters
Hook_Head
Logging tool
A cant hook, pike, or hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end,
Cant_hook
Topics referred to by the same term
Red Hook may refer to: Red Hook, Brooklyn, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, United States Red Hook graving dock, a graving dock formerly located
Red_Hook
1995 single by Shaquille O'Neal featuring RZA and Method Man
"No Hook" is a hardcore hip hop song written and performed by American rappers Shaquille O'Neal, RZA and Method Man. It was released on February 6, 1995
No_Hook
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Hook Norton is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It lies 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) northeast of Chipping Norton, close to the Cotswold Hills
Hook_Norton
Hook to hang a purse or handbag on
A purse hook (also known as a handbag hook or handbag hanger) is a type of hook meant to temporarily secure a purse or handbag to a table, sink or armrest
Purse_hook
Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US
Constable Hook is a cape on the north side of the outlet of Kill van Kull into Upper New York Bay in Bayonne, New Jersey. The cape has long been an important
Constable_Hook
Topics referred to by the same term
Hooks may refer to: United States Hooks, Alabama, an unincorporated community Hooks, Texas, a city Hooks Island, an island, New York Hooks (surname) Hooks
Hooks
Component of analog telephones
A telephone hook or switchhook is an electrical switch which indicates when the phone is hung up, often with a lever or magnetic button inside the cradle
Telephone_hook
Veterinary surgical tool
The Snook hook, also called a spay hook, is a hook-shaped surgical instrument used in veterinary surgery for the spaying of female animals. It was invented
Snook_hook
English songwriter & producer
Jake Patrick Robert Hook is an English, million-seller songwriter, producer and arranger. Hook signed with EMI, in December 2009, on the strength of the
Jake_Hook
Hook normally used in butcheries to hang meat
hook is any hook normally used in butcheries to hang meat. This form of hook is a variation on the classic S hook. An S-shaped hook or jointed hook is
Meat_hook
American animated cartoon character
Mr. Hook (Also referred to as Seaman Hook or just Hook) is the title character of a series of American animated cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and
Mr._Hook
Cutting tool
A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and
Billhook
Decorative clothing fastener
Dress hook A dress hook is a decorative clothing accessory of the medieval and Tudor periods used to fasten outer garments or to drape up skirts. Made
Dress_hook
American rapper (born 1999)
Tatiana Mann (born January 23, 1999), known professionally as Hook, is an American rapper. She started her solo rap career at age 18. She released her
Hook_(rapper)
Diacritical mark
In typesetting, the hook above (Vietnamese: dấu hỏi) is a diacritic mark placed on top of vowels in the Vietnamese alphabet. In shape it looks like a tiny
Hook_above
Surname list
Höök is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Catharina Höök (died 1727), Swedish book printer Kristina Höök (born 1964), Swedish
Höök_(surname)
Martial arts punch
The shovel hook is a sophisticated and powerful hybrid punch, occupying a unique middle ground between boxing's fundamental blows. It combines the horizontal
Shovel_hook
City in Kentucky, United States
Sandy Hook is a home rule-class city beside the Little Sandy River in Elliott County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Sandy Hook had
Sandy_Hook,_Kentucky
Russian martial arts technique
A Russian hook is a punch, used in Russian combat sports, which resembles a traditional boxing hook yet keeping the puncher's thumb towards the floor
Russian_hook
Mariners guiding ships near New York Bay
Sandy Hook Pilots are licensed maritime pilots that are members of the Sandy Hook Pilots Association for the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Hudson
Sandy_Hook_Pilots
Type of storm system in southern US
A panhandle hook (also called a pan handle hook or Texas hooker) is a relatively infrequent winter storm system whose cyclogenesis occurs in the South
Panhandle_hook
HOOK
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English hap(pe) ‘chance’, ‘luck’, ‘fortune’ (from Old Norse happ), applied as a nickname for someone considered fortunate or well favored. Compare Chance, Fortune.German, Dutch, and northern French (Picardy) : from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old French happe ‘hook’, ‘hatchet’, ‘pruning hook’, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such implements or for someone who used one in his work. Compare Heppe.German : from a reduced form of the medieval German personal names Hadebald or Hadebert (see Happel).
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southeastern)
English (mainly southeastern) : variant of Hook (in the occupational or topographic and habitational senses), with the addition of the agent suffix -er.Congregational clergyman Thomas Hooker (1586?–1647) sailed from England with John Cotton and Samuel Stone and arrived in Boston in 1633. He led the 1635 migration of most of his congregation to Hartford in the Connecticut Valley. Thomas is the earliest known entrant, but the name Hooker is common and was also introduced independently by others during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : from a personal name or nickname meaning ‘stag’, Middle English hert, Middle Low German hërte, harte.German : variant spelling of Hardt 1 and 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name or a nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirt ‘descendant of Art’, a byname meaning ‘bear’, ‘hero’. The English name became established in Ireland in the 17th century.French : from an Old French word meaning ‘rope’, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a rope maker or a hangman.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch hart, hert ‘hard’, ‘strong’, ‘ruthless’, ‘unruly’.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Stephen Hart was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Merewine (Old English Maerwin, from mær ‘fame’ + win ‘friend’).English : from the Old English personal name Merefinn, derived from Old Norse Mora-Finnr.English : from the Old English personal name Mǣrwynn, composed of the elements mǣr ‘famous’, ‘renowned’ + wynn ‘joy’.English : from the Welsh personal name Merfyn, Mervyn, composed of the Old Welsh elements mer, which probably means ‘marrow’, + myn ‘eminent’.English : Mathew Marvin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used iron hooks or crooks, Old French, Middle English gaffe.German : from a derivative of the stem geb- (see Gaffke).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse byname Haki (cognate with Hook), given originally to someone with a hunched figure or a hooked nose.North German : variant of Haack.Dutch and North German : from the Germanic personal name Hac(c)o, a short form of a compound name beginning with the element hag ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Hacke.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Devon)
English (mainly Devon) : habitational name from a farm in North Devon on a spur of Exmoor, named with the Old English personal name HÅc or Old English hÅc ‘hook or spur of land’ + stapol ‘post’.
Surname or Lastname
English (but most common in Wales)
English (but most common in Wales) : from Lowis, Lodovicus, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hlod ‘fame’ + wīg ‘war’. This was the name of the founder of the Frankish dynasty, recorded in Latin chronicles as Ludovicus and Chlodovechus (the latter form becoming Old French Clovis, Clouis, Louis, the former developing into German Ludwig). The name was popular throughout France in the Middle Ages and was introduced to England by the Normans. In Wales it became inextricably confused with 2.Welsh : from an Anglicized form of the personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn).Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Lewis was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Hackwood, a habitational name from a minor place so named. One example, in Northamptonshire, is named from Middle English hacked ‘cut’ + wode ‘wood’; another, in Basingstoke, Hampshire is named from Old English haca ‘hook’, ‘bend’ + wudu ‘wood’. In the U.S. this name is frequent in NC.See Hagewood 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hook.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hook, either in the topographic sense or a patronymic from the nickname. This surname is also established in northern Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : perhaps a habitational name from a house bearing the sign of a bunch of grapes. The vocabulary word is attested from the 13th century (at first in the compound wingrape), and comes from Old French grape, which is probably related to a Germanic element meaning ‘hook’.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from the Old French word goi (Latin gubia) denoting a type of bill hook or knife used by vine-growers or coopers, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such implements.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in France named Gouy, for example in Aisne or Pas-de-Calais.Galician : probably a habitational name from Goy in Lugo province, Galicia.German : northwestern variant of Gau.
Surname or Lastname
English (southern)
English (southern) : from Middle English hoke, Old English hÅc ‘hook’, in any of a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made and sold hooks as agricultural implements or employed them in his work; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘hook’ of land, i.e. the bend of a river or the spur of a hill; or as a nickname (in part a survival of an Old English byname) for someone with a hunched back or a hooked nose. A similar ambiguity of interpretation presents itself in the case of Crook. In some cases the surname may be habitational from any of various places named Hook(e), from this word, as for example in Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.Swedish (Hö(ö)k) : nickname or a metonymic occupational name from hök ‘hawk’, a soldier’s name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Lancashire and Northumberland. The former is named from Old English hÅh ‘spur of a hill’ or hÅc ‘hook’ + wÄ«c ‘outlying farm’; the latter probably originally had as its first element Old English hÄ“ah ‘high’, but was later influenced by hÅh.
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English
English : habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from Cēol, an Old English personal name, or alternatively from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, kæl ‘wedge-shaped piece of land’, + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from Hacking in Lancashire, the name of which is of uncertain origin. Early forms appear with the definite article, and the name may represent an Old English term for a fish weir, a derivative of hæcc ‘hatch’, ‘low gate’, or haca ‘hook’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Devon called Huxford (preserved in the name of Huxford Farm), from the Old English personal name HÅcc or the Old English word hÅc ‘hook or angle of land’ + ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Godewyn, Old English GÅdwine, composed of the elements gÅd ‘good’ + wine ‘friend’.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Goodwin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English gode ‘good’ + man ‘man’, in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king.English : from the Middle English personal name Godeman, Old English GÅdmann, composed of the elements gÅd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + mann ‘man’.English : from the Old English personal name Gūðmund, composed of the elements gūð ‘battle’ + mund ‘protection’ , or the Old Norse cognate Guðmundr.Americanized form of Jewish Gutman or German Gutmann.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Richard Goodman was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
HOOK
HOOK
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Arabic
Short
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Dweller at the Spring Farm
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Beneficient
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Tamil, Telugu
Desire
Surname or Lastname
Irish and Scottish
Irish and Scottish : variant of Skilling.English : variant of Skillern.
Girl/Female
Spanish American
Reference to the Immaculate Conception.
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English (southern)
English (southern) : patronymic from Haw 2.English (southern) : from a Norman female personal name, Haueis, from Germanic Haduwidis, composed of the elements hadu ‘strife’, ‘contention’ + widi ‘wide’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Jolly.
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Parsi, Swedish
Guardian of Treasure who Guards the Treasure; Treasure Holder; Jasper-stone; The Name of a Gemstone; Treasurer
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Challenger; Warrior of the King
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Provided with a hook or hooks.
a.
Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
n.
One who, or that which, hooks.
n.
A little hook.
n.
The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
v. t.
To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.
n.
See Eccentric, and V-hook.
n.
The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
n.
One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
n.
A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
a.
Having a hooked or aquiline nose.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hook
imp. & p. p.
of Hook
a.
Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
v. t.
To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
v. i.
To bend; to curve as a hook.