hooking

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of hook. Use this form for the action happening now or for the action treated as a thing.

   She is hooking the rope onto the fence post.

   Hooking the trailer to the truck took only a minute.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of catching or fastening something with a hook.

   Like buttoning a coat, but you loop something over a small bent piece instead.

   The hooking of each ornament onto the tree took the whole evening.

   Careful hooking keeps the worm from sliding off the line.

   Similarfastening, attachment

   Oppositeunhooking

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   In hockey, a penalty where a player uses their stick to hold back an opponent.

   Like grabbing someone's sleeve to slow them down, but with a stick instead of a hand.

   The referee called hooking after he tugged the other skater with his stick.

   She spent two minutes in the penalty box for hooking.

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