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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hook•er1 /ˈhʊkɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Slang Termsa prostitute.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hook•er1 (hŏŏk′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that hooks.
- Slang Termsprostitute.
- Slang Termsa large drink of liquor.
- Slang Termsa concealed problem, flaw, or drawback;
a catch. - Sport[Rugby.]a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage.
- Slang Terms(cap.) [Offensive.]an Amish Mennonite.
- 1560–70; 1835–45, American. for def. 2; hook1 + -er1
- Naval Terms, Slang Terms[Slang.]any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel.
- Naval Termsany fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets.
- Dutch hoeker, equivalent. to hoek hook1 + -er -er1
- 1635–45
- Biographical Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- Biographical Richard, 1554?–1600, English author and clergyman.
- Biographical Thomas, 1586?–1647, English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hooker /ˈhʊkə/ n - a person or thing that hooks
- US Canadian slang a prostitute
- the central forward in the front row of a scrum whose main job is to hook the ball
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Hooker /ˈhʊkə/ n - John Lee. 1917–2001, US blues singer and guitarist
- Sir Joseph Dalton. 1817–1911, British botanist; director of Kew Gardens (1865–85)
- Richard. 1554–1600, British theologian, who influenced Anglican theology with The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593–97)
- Sir William Jackson. 1785–1865, British botanist; first director of Kew Gardens: father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
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