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Term: hook

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "hook": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

hook

Definitions

Noun

  1. A catch for locking a door
  2. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
  3. Anything that serves as an enticement
  4. A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
  5. A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
  6. A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
  7. A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
  8. A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

Verb

  1. Fasten with a hook
  2. Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  3. Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
  4. Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
  5. Take by theft
  6. Make off with belongings of others
  7. Hit with a hook
  8. Catch with a hook
  9. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
  10. Secure with the foot
  11. Entice and trap
  12. Approach with an offer of sexual favors

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "hook".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shook 1 57
2 hooked 1 7
3 hook 1 5
4 hooks 1 2
5 hookup 2 2
6 hooker's 2 1
7 hooking 2 1
8 hookups 2 1
9 hookworm 2 1
10 unhook 2 1
11 chook 1 0
12 hook's 1 0
13 hooke 1 0
14 hooker 2 0
15 hookers 2 0
16 hookworms 2 0
17 hooky 2 0
18 schook 1 0
19 tailhook 2 0
20 tiphook 2 0
21 vanhook 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "hook".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hooke 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hook".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 took 1 426
2 shook 1 57
3 hooked 1 7
4 hooks 1 2
5 hookup 2 2
6 unhook 2 1
7 hooky 2 0
8 hooke 1 0
9 hoock 1 0
10 chook 1 0
11 hoo 1 0
12 hok 1 0
13 schook 1 0
14 hosoka 3 0
15 hooker 2 0
16 hook's 1 0
17 zook 1 0
18 whoo 1 0
19 shoo 1 0
20 rook 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "hook" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "hook" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "hook" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "hook".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hank 1 17
2 hawk 1 14
3 hack 1 3
4 hark 1 3
5 houk 1 3
6 hulk 1 2
7 hunk 1 2
8 heck 1 1
9 hick 1 1
10 hoak 1 1
11 huck 1 1
12 haak 1 0
13 haik 1 0
14 hank's 1 0
15 hauk 1 0
16 heck's 1 0
17 henk 1 0
18 herk 1 0
19 hink 1 0
20 hock 1 0
21 hoek 1 0
22 honk 1 0
23 hook's 1 0
24 howk 1 0
25 husk 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 20

Fragments: 21

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 25

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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