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hooked

[hookt]

adjective

  1. bent like a hook; hook-shaped.

  2. having a hook or hooks.

  3. made with a hook or by hooking.

  4. Informal.

    1. addicted to narcotic drugs.

    2. slavishly interested in, devoted to, or obsessed with.

      He was hooked on television.

  5. Slang.married.



hooked

/ ˈhʊkɪdnɪs, hʊkt /

adjective

  1. bent like a hook

  2. having a hook or hooks

  3. caught or trapped

  4. a slang word for married

  5. slangaddicted to a drug

  6. (often foll by on) obsessed (with)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • hookedness noun
  • subhooked adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hooked1

before 1000; Middle English hoked, Old English ō. See hook 1, -ed 2, -ed 3
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The Englishman, born to a Albanian father and a British-Yemeni mother, became hooked on the sport when his mum brought him to a boxing gym aged five.

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I hooked up with boys in the landscaping at the Century City mall after sharing a bowl of orange chicken at Panda Express.

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I was hooked at the first meeting, where the rabbi told us that he expected us to take the class together.

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Although she once was hooked up 24 hours a day to the feeding system that delivered nutrients directly into the bloodstream, doctors began weaning her off as her intestines got stronger.

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When young Robert was invited into the garage and allowed to work on the car “I was hooked,” he said.

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