HOOKED

adj. curved, bent, shaped like a hook; addicted, obsessed

v. secure, fasten, hang, attach; bend; capture; ensnare, addict; catch a fish; be caught; be attached; pull loops of yarn through cloth with a hook; steal (Slang); punch with the elbow bent (Boxing)

Hooked (1989) is the ninth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael, covering the years 1985 to 1988.The book is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom.
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Adjective
1. curved down like an eagle's beak
(synonym) aquiline
(similar) crooked
2. addicted to a drug
(synonym) dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, strung-out
(similar) addicted

Noun
1. a catch for locking a door
(hypernym) catch
2. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
(synonym) crotchet
(hypernym) curve, curved shape
(hyponym) uncus
3. anything that serves as an enticement
(synonym) bait, come-on, lure, sweetener
(hypernym) temptation, enticement
(derivation) snare
4. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
(synonym) claw
(hypernym) mechanical device
(hyponym) anchor, ground tackle
(part-holonym) coat hanger, clothes hanger, dress hanger
5. a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
(hypernym) implement
(hyponym) boat hook
(part-meronym) barb
6. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking"
(synonym) draw, hooking
(hypernym) golf stroke, golf shot, swing
7. a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
(hypernym) punch, clout, poke, lick, biff
(hyponym) roundhouse
8. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
(synonym) hook shot
(hypernym) basketball shot
Verb
1. fasten with a hook
(antonym) unhook
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(see-also) hook up
(derivation) claw
2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
(synonym) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
(hyponym) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
(entail) charge, bill
3. make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
(synonym) crochet
(hypernym) loop, intertwine
(verb-group) crochet
(classification) handicraft
4. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) draw, hooking
(classification) golf, golf game
5. take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
(synonym) snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
(hypernym) steal
6. make off with belongings of others
(synonym) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(hypernym) steal
7. hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"
(hypernym) hit
(classification) boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs
8. catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
(hypernym) catch, grab, take hold of
(hyponym) seize
9. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
(synonym) addict
(hypernym) habituate, accustom
(entail) use, habituate
(derivation) bait, come-on, lure, sweetener
10. secure with the foot; "hook the ball"
(hypernym) play
(classification) rugby, rugby football, rugger
11. entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
(synonym) snare
(hypernym) entice, lure, tempt
(verb-group) solicit, accost
(derivation) bait, come-on, lure, sweetener
12. approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
(synonym) solicit, accost
(hypernym) offer
(verb-group) snare

(imp. & p. p.)
of Hook
  

(a.)
Provided with a hook or hooks.
  

(a.)
Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
  

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[Jargon File]

<programming> A software or hardware feature included in order to simplify later additions or changes by a user.
For example, a simple program that prints numbers might always print them in base 10, but a more flexible version would let a variable determine what base to use; setting the variable to 5 would make the program print numbers in base 5. The variable is a simple hook. An even more flexible program might examine the variable and treat a value of 16 or less as the base to use, but treat any other number as the address of a user-supplied routine for printing a number. This is a hairy but powerful hook; one can then write a routine to print numbers as Roman numerals, say, or as Hebrew characters, and plug it into the program through the hook.
Often the difference between a good program and a superb one is that the latter has useful hooks in judiciously chosen places. Both may do the original job about equally well, but the one with the hooks is much more flexible for future expansion of capabilities.
Emacs, for example, is *all* hooks.
The term "user exit" is synonymous but much more formal and less hackish.
(1997-06-25)