hooking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hooking	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hooking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hooking n a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" Synonym(s): hook, draw, hooking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.