US /hʊkt/ UK /hʊkt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    curved like a hook, or addicted to or captivated by something

    After one episode she was completely hooked on the series.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · curved like a hook, or... curvedbentaquilineaddictedobsessedcaptivatedenthralled
Word family
Related forms hookunhook

Etymology

From hook + -ed; hook descends from Old English hōc ('hook, angle'), from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz.

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