Hook

What “Hook” means

Noun

1. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
2. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
3. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
4. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
5. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

Verb

1. To attach a hook to.
2. To become attached, as by a hook.
3. To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
4. To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
5. To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Cognates Cognate with Scots huke, huik (“hook”), West Frisian and Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk, German Hook (“small cluster of farms”), Faroese høkja (“crutch”), Icelandic hækja (“crutch”), Norn hek (“crutch”), Finnish kuokka (“hoe, mattock”). Related to hake.

Business name ideas with “Hook”

Industries where “Hook” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Fishing Charter
• Towing Company
• Motor Vehicle Towing
• Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water