hooker

Meanings

Plural: hookers

Noun

• United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
• English theologian (1554-1600)
• a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
• a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
• (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
• One who, or that which, hooks.
• A small fishing boat.
• Any antiquated craft.
• A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
• A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
• A crocheter.
• Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
• A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
• A prostitute.
• An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.
• Alternative spelling of hookah.

Synonyms

angler, Fighting Joe Hooker, floozie, floozy, Galway, Galway hooker, hook, hustler, Joseph Hooker, nuthook, Richard Hooker, slattern, street girl, streetwalker

Related Words

Hooker