dictionary definitions for "hooked"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  hooked
      adj 1: curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: aquiline]
      2: addicted to a drug [syn: dependent, dependant,
         drug-addicted, strung-out]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hooking.]
     1. 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.
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              Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W.
                                                    Collins.
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     2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
        in attacking enemies; to gore.
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     3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
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     To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hooked \Hooked\, a.
     1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill
        of a bird.
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     2. Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot."
        --Milton.
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