hook-and-line
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hook-and-liner — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a boat (as a tuna clipper) for fishing with hook and line … Useful english dictionary
Hook, Line and Sinker — may refer to:* Hook, Line and Sinker (1930 film), a slapstick comedy starring Wheeler Woolsey * Hook, Line Sinker (1969 film), a comedy starring Jerry Lewis * Hook, Line and Sinker, characters in Marvel s Transformers comics * Hook, Line and… … Wikipedia
hook — [hook] n. [ME < OE hoc, akin to HAKE, MDu hoec, ON hakr < IE base * keg , peg for hanging] 1. a curved or bent piece of metal, wood, etc. used to catch, hold, or pull something; specif., a) a curved piece of wire or bone with a barbed end,… … English World dictionary
Hook River — is a natural watercourse in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand s South Island. [Land Information New Zealand, [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?p=15776 Geographic Placename Database: Place Name Detail Hook River] ,… … Wikipedia
pole-and-line fishing — surface schooling fish such as tuna are attracted to a vessel and driven into very active feeding behavior by throwing live or dead bait into the water, by spraying water onto the sea surface to simulate the escape behavior of small prey, and… … Dictionary of ichthyology
hook — 1) a bent piece of wire with its tip sharpened and often a barb below the tip, used to catch fish. Available in many sizes and styles, variously numbered and named. May be single, double or treble but all these are counted as one hook in angling… … Dictionary of ichthyology
hook — 01. He put a worm on the [hook] and dropped his line into the water. 02. A couple of fish have touched the [hook], but nothing has bitten yet. 03. I drilled a hole in the wall to put the picture [hook] into. 04. He [hooked] the trailer to the car … Grammatical examples in English
hook — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with a round bend, for catching hold or for hanging things on. b (in full fish hook) a bent piece of wire, usu. barbed and baited, for catching fish. 2 a curved cutting… … Useful english dictionary
Hook, New Zealand — Location map New Zealand label=Hook lat dir=S | lat deg=44 | lat min=41 lon dir=E | lon deg=171 | lon min=08 position=right width= 150 float=right caption=Hook is a lightly populated locality in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand s… … Wikipedia
hook — n scythe, sickle; falchion, cutlass, scimitar, saber. 2. snag, trap, snare, springe, noose. 3. crook, angle, dogleg, hairpin turn, horseshoe, loop; curve, curvature, incurvature, bow, arc, turn, twist, tortuosity; bend, bending, flexion, flexure … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
