hooker
1 of 2noun (1)
hook·er ˈhu̇-kər 
1
: one that hooks
2
: drink
a hooker of Scotch
3
: prostitute
hooker
2 of 2noun (2)
: a one-masted fishing boat used on the English and Irish coasts
also : a small clumsy boat
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bawd
- call girl
- cocotte
- courtesan
- drab
- hustler
- prostitute
- sex worker
- streetwalker
- tart
- whore
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Dutch hoeker, alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot, from hoec fishhook + boot boat
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1801, in the meaning defined above
Biographical Definition
Hooker 1 of 4
biographical name (1)
Hook·er ˈhu̇-kər
Joseph 1814–1879 American general
Hooker
2 of 4biographical name (2)
Sir Joseph Dalton 1817–1911 English botanist
Hooker
3 of 4biographical name (3)
Richard 1554–1600 English theologian
Hooker
4 of 4biographical name (4)
Thomas 1586?–1647 English Puritan clergyman and founder of Connecticut
hooker
noun
as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money went undercover pretending to be a hooker as part of a sting operation Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- prostitute
- whore
- streetwalker
- courtesan
- bawd
- tart
- madam
- drab
- hustler
- madame
- cocotte
- sex worker
- call girl
- woman of the street
- floozie
- floozy
- chippy
- hussy
- tramp
- siren
- minx
- chippie
- temptress
- flirt
- coquette
- libertine
- doxie
- jade
- doxy
- vamp
- wench
- tempter