Webster's Dictionary 1913

2944

Hook (4)

Hook, n.(Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.

2945

Hook (5)

Hook, v. i. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence, to make off; to clear out; — often with it. “Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it.” Kipling.

2946

Hook-billed

Hook″–billed′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a strongly curved bill.

2947

Hook-nosed

Hook″–nosed′ (?), a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.

2948

Hookah

Hook″ah (ho͝ok″ȧ), n. [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that ...

2949

Hooke's gearing

Hooke's″ gear″ing (?). (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

2950

Hooke's joint

Hooke's joint (?). (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal.

2951

Hooked

Hooked (?), a. 1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.2. Provided with a hook or hooks. “The hooked chariot.” Milton.

2952

Hookedness

Hook″ed‐ness (?), n. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.

2953

Hooker

Hook″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, hooks.2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. (c) A sailor's con...

2954

Hookey

Hook″ey (?), n. See Hockey.

2955

Hooklet

Hook″let (?), n. A little hook.

2956

Hooky

Hook″y (?), a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.

2957

Hooky (2)

Hook″y (?), n. [Written also hookey.] [Cf. Hook, v. t., 3.] A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run away, to play truant.This talk about boys... playing ball, a...

2958

Hool

Hool (?), a. Whole. Chaucer.

2959

Hoolock

Hoo″lock (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.

2960

Hoom

Hoom (?), n. Home. Chaucer.

2961

Hoonoomaun

Hoo″noo‐maun (?), n.(Zoöl.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written also hoonuman.]

2962

Hoop

Hoop (?), n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, t...

2963

Hoop (2)

Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hooping.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.

2964

Hoop (3)

Hoop (?), v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; — a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitat...

2965

Hoop (4)

Hoop, v. t. [Written also whoop.] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. “To be hooped out of Rome.” Shak.2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

2966

Hoop (5)

Hoop, n. 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.2. (Zoöl.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

2967

Hooper

Hoop″er (?), n. [See 1st Hoop.] One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

2968

Hooper (2)

Hoop″er (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); — called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

2969

Hoopoe

{ Hoop″oe (?), Hoop″oo (?) }, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. �, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zoöl.) A European b...

2970

Hoosier

Hoo″sier (?), n. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.