Hooker Meaning
/ˈhʊk.ə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who, or that which, hooks.
nounA player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
Sentence Examples
The hooker is old.
Hooker was extremely pleased.
You can't find a job if you're dressed like a hooker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ attached a worm to the sharp fishing hook.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In rugby, the ____ is a key player who is responsible for catching the ball in the scrum.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English hook Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hooker From hook (verb) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts."
— 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
"I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg."
— 1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 32:
"We regard the first seven seconds of a television commercial as the most critical or crucial in the whole unit — the "Do or Die Seven" — the "moment of decision" or the "hooker", if you will, when we must capture the attention of the viewer, get him involved in the action, […]"
— 1966, Charles Anthony Wainwright, The Television Copywriter, page 39:
"They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people."
— c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:
"Suffer none, from far or near, / With their rights to interfere; / No strange Abram, Ruffler crack— / Hooker of another pack—"
— 1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, volume 2, Oath of the Canting Crew, page 339:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ attached a worm to the sharp fishing hook.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In rugby, the ____ is a key player who is responsible for catching the ball in the scrum.