adj
Meaning 1
Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a hooked nose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hooked
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ho͝okt
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/hʊkt/
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rhymes with -ʊkt
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CMU ARPABET: HH UH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.
- You only have to try heroin once to become hooked.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of hook
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
addicted to a drug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, strung-out
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
curved down like an eagle's beak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aquiline
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold);
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hooklike thorns
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hooklike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From hook + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изкривен като кука (izkriven kato kuka) — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Catalan: ganxut — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Finnish: koukkumainen — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Galician: ganchudo — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- German: hakenförmig — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Greek: αγκιστροειδής (agkistroeidís) — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Greek: αγκιστρωτός (agkistrotós) — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Italian: uncinato — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Italian: adunco — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Italian: aquilino — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Latin: hāmātus — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Latin: obuncus — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Polish: haczykowaty — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Russian: крючкова́тый (krjučkovátyj) — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Spanish: ganchudo — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Ottoman Turkish: چنكللو (çengelli) — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook
- Chinese Mandarin: 入坑 (rùkēng) — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- Finnish: koukussa — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- Finnish: riippuvainen — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- French: accro — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- German: süchtig — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hekta — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- Russian: зави́симый (zavísimyj) — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- Spanish: enviciado — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
- Spanish: enganchado (a) — addicted; unable to resist or cease doing
Real reading context