Claw
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To scratch or to tear at. To use the claws to seize, to grip. To use the claws to climb.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird. A foot equipped with such. The pincer of a crustacean or other arthropod. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting. The act of catching a ball overhand.
Hook
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhookA loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.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.A curveball.A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fadeA 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.A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.A jack (the playing card)
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To attach a hook to.To catch with a hook (hook a fish).To connect (hook into, hook together).hook up: To meet.hook up: To have sexual intercourse with.(Usually in passive) To make addicted (I'm hooked).To play a hook shot.To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)To engage in prostitution.
Example sentence: Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments.