Dictionary![]() ![]() hook•erPronunciation: (hook'ur), [key] —n. 1. a person or thing that hooks. 2. Slang.prostitute. 3. Slang.a large drink of liquor. 4. Slang.a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch. 5. Rugby.a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage. 6. (cap.) Offensive.an Amish Mennonite. hook•erPronunciation: (hook'ur), [key] —n. Naut. 1. Slang.any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel. 2. any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets. Hook•erPronunciation: (hook'ur), [key] —n. 1. Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War. 2. Richard, 1554?–1600, English author and clergyman. 3. Thomas, 1586?–1647, English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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