hooking

verb

Definition of hookingnext
present participle of hook
1
as in bending
to cause to turn away from a straight line the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed

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2
as in connecting
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace

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3
as in stealing
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them

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4
as in grabbing
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly I hooked the biggest fish of the day, and then released it

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5
as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward

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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooking
  1. bending
  2. connecting
  3. grabbing
  4. curving
  5. integrating
  6. swiping
  7. catching
  8. curling
Verb
  • Last year, the department paid a nearly $1-million settlement to a former police captain who alleged that he was fired after revealing that officers were routinely bending the corners of their badges to commemorate when an officer killed a civilian.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Maintaining a tall posture, descend into the single-legged squat by bending your front knee and dropping your back knee directly toward the floor beneath you.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of bending
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  • The explosions took place around the Plaza of the Three Powers, an iconic square in Brasilia connecting the principal buildings of Brazil’s three branches of federal government.
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • For example, a student can start connecting with alums through a LinkedIn search.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of connecting
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  • Looking ahead, its beer business should continue grabbing market share and its hard to imagine the wine-and-spirits unit getting much worse.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • A day could include grabbing cardamom snurrer at a bakery in Østerbro, poking around the design shops of Frederiksstaden, stopping for a dip at one of the harbor's swimming spots, and ending up at a biodynamic wine bar in Christianshavn.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of grabbing
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  • The flower’s strong, curving stem makes the work not so much forceful as definitive.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But by using the holographic dictionary to look at the particles from their other perspective, as a gently curving space-time, physicists can calculate the outcome using Einstein’s gravity equations and then translate the answer back to get a sense of how the nuclei would smash together.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of curving
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  • Unusual Machines continues to focus on integrating its recent acquisitions and expanding its presence in the commercial drone industry.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Ascent Solar continues to focus on integrating its photovoltaic products into high-value markets such as aerospace and agrivoltaics, aiming to leverage its proprietary solar technology.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of integrating
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  • There’s a sweet spot between swiping to bring up your open apps menu and swiping up gently to launch the taskbar.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Art was right behind her, swiping the scalpel through the air, trying to cut her.
    William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of swiping
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  • Against Utah, Hunter notched an interception and a touchdown, while catching five passes for 55 yards.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Which drives people indoors and provides a great chance of catching something – like the flu.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of catching
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  • Messi’s two goals – the first, a close-range finish, and the second, a sensational curling free-kick – at the end of the first half helped Inter Miami best the Crew to win the trophy, which is given to the team with the best overall regular season record.
    Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • It’s designed to give your lashes double the curling effect of other brands, partly resulting from the unique ultra-curved lash-styling brush.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of curling
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