hooked
Meanings
Verb
- fasten with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- take by theft
- make off with belongings of others
- hit with a hook
- "His opponent hooked him badly"
- catch with a hook
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- simple past and past participle of hook
Adjective Satellite
- curved down like an eagle's beak
- addicted to a drug
- having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
Adj
- Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
- Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
Origin / Etymology
From hook + -ed.
Synonyms
abstract, accost, addict, addicted, aquiline, bent, cabbage, cop, crochet, crooked, curved, dependant, dependent, drug-addicted, filch, fleece, gazump, glom, hook, hooklike, knock off, lift, nobble, overcharge, pilfer, pinch, pluck, plume, purloin, rob, snare, snarf, sneak, snitch, soak, solicit, strung-out, surcharge, swipe, thieve
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
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