hook
Example Sentences
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The final knife looks a little like a hook and is called a chip knife.
From Literature
The painstaking pop production that earned the song a record of the year nomination was jettisoned, with Gaga screaming the hook against a blinding array of floodlights.
From BBC
Lopes worked his way back with effective leg kicks before landing a heavy right hook in the third round that left Volkanovski rattled.
From Barron's
Trainer Adam Booth urged Kelly to "be patient" late in the second before he landed a bruising left hook to earn the champion's respect.
From BBC
Altman has said that the deals put the startup on the hook for $1.4 trillion in computing commitments—more than 100 times the revenue it was on pace to generate last year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
