0 present participle of hook --
1 to fasten something with a hook, hang something on a hook, or catch something with a hook: --
The whole business —not only the cinematograph industry, but also the music hall and the theatrical industries—has been built up by contracts being made in advance, by advance hooking.
Under the proposals for electronic hooking, patients will be able to book hospital appointments at their local surgery with the help of their general practitioner or the practice staff.
One of the most scandalous aspects of the sports promotion by tobacco companies is that much of their effort is aimed at hooking the young on the smoking habit.
He is simply hooking on to something that has been in the press recently.
Coarse fishing has no utility and must, because it involves hooking a fish by its mouth, involve cruelty.
The hooking form included the description and registration number of the car.
The hooking of a big company is nearly always hailed as a magnificent success.
It is completely analogous to unmooring the boat, hooking the rope off the stake.
