Hook vs. Chorus

Hooknoun

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

Hooknoun

A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

Hooknoun

Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

Hooknoun

The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

Hooknoun

The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

Hooknoun

A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

Hooknoun

A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

Hooknoun

A snare; a trap.

Hooknoun

(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

Hooknoun

(informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

Hooknoun

(agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.

Hooknoun

(authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

Hooknoun

(authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

Hooknoun

A finesse.

Hooknoun

A jack (the playing card).

Hooknoun

(geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

Hooknoun

(music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

Hooknoun

A ship's anchor.

Hooknoun

(programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

Hooknoun

(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

Hooknoun

(typography) a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

Hooknoun

a háček.

Hooknoun

Senses relating to sports.

Hooknoun

(baseball) A curveball.

Hooknoun

(basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.

Hooknoun

(bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.

Hooknoun

(boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc

Hooknoun

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.

Hooknoun

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)

Hooknoun

Any of the chevrons denoting rank.

Hookverb

(transitive) To attach a hook to.

Hookverb

(transitive) To catch with a hook hook a fish.

Hookverb

(transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

Hookverb

(transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

Hookverb

(transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

Hookverb

To steal.

Hookverb

(transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).

Hookverb

To make addicted; to captivate.

Hookverb

To play a hook shot.

Hookverb

(rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).

Hookverb

To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

Hookverb

(soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.

Hookverb

To engage in prostitution.

Hookverb

(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.

Hookverb

To finesse.

Hookverb

(transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

Hookverb

(intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.

Hooknoun

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

Hooknoun

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

Hooknoun

An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.

Hooknoun

See Eccentric, and V-hook.

Hooknoun

A snare; a trap.

Hooknoun

A field sown two years in succession.

Hooknoun

The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; - called also hook bones.

Hooknoun

A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

Hooknoun

The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball.

Hooknoun

A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs.

Hookverb

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.

Hookverb

To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

Hookverb

To steal.

Hookverb

To bend; to curve as a hook.

Hookverb

To move or go with a sudden turn;

Hooknoun

a catch for locking a door

Hooknoun

a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

Hooknoun

anything that serves as an enticement

Hooknoun

a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

Hooknoun

a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

Hooknoun

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;

Hooknoun

a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

Hooknoun

a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

Hookverb

fasten with a hook

Hookverb

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Hookverb

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle;

Hookverb

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

Hookverb

take by theft;

Hookverb

make off with belongings of others

Hookverb

hit with a hook;

Hookverb

catch with a hook;

Hookverb

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Hookverb

secure with the foot;

Hookverb

entice and trap;

Hookverb

approach with an offer of sexual favors;

Hook

A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved or indented, such that it can be used to grab onto, connect, or otherwise attach itself onto another object. In a number of uses, one end of the hook is pointed, so that this end can pierce another material, which is then held by the curved or indented portion.

Chorusnoun

A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece

Chorusnoun

A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.

Chorusnoun

A group of singers; singing group who perform together.

Chorusnoun

A repeated part of a song, also called the refrain.

Chorusnoun

(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.

Chorusnoun

A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.

Chorusnoun

(figuratively) A group of people or animals who make sounds together

Chorusnoun

The noise made by such a group.

Chorusnoun

(theater) An actor who reads the opening and closing lines of a play.

Chorusverb

(transitive) To sing or recite in chorus.

Chorusverb

(transitive) To say in unison; to express in unison.

Chorusverb

(transitive) To echo (a particular sentiment).

Chorusverb

(intransitive) To sing the chorus (of a song).

Chorusverb

(intransitive) To speak as if in chorus (about something)

Chorusverb

(intransitive) To echo in unison another person's words.

Chorusverb

(intransitive) (of animals) To make their cry together.

Chorusnoun

A band of singers and dancers.

Chorusnoun

A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.

Chorusnoun

An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

Chorusnoun

A company of singers singing in concert.

Chorusnoun

A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

Chorusnoun

Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.

Chorusnoun

The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

Chorusverb

To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

Chorusnoun

any utterance produced simultaneously by a group;

Chorusnoun

a group of people assembled to sing together

Chorusnoun

the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

Chorusnoun

a body of dancers or singers who perform together

Chorusnoun

a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

Chorusverb

utter in unison;

Chorusverb

sing in a choir

Chorusnoun

a part of a song which is repeated after each verse

Chorusnoun

a piece of choral music, especially one forming part of a larger work such as an opera

Chorusnoun

a simple song for group singing in informal Christian worship

Chorusnoun

a large organized group of singers, especially one which performs with an orchestra or opera company

Chorusnoun

a group of singers or dancers performing together in a supporting role in a musical or opera

Chorusnoun

a simultaneous utterance of something by many people

Chorusnoun

(in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment together on the main action

Chorusnoun

a single character who speaks the prologue and other linking parts of the play, especially in Elizabethan drama.

Chorusnoun

a section of text spoken by the chorus in drama.

Chorusnoun

a device used with an amplified musical instrument to give the impression that more than one instrument is being played

Chorusverb

(of a group of people) say the same thing at the same time