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 billhook A 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, fade A 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.
Addict
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drugTo involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drugAn adherent or fan (of something)
Example sentence: I am sort of a tea addict. I structure my day by cups of tea.