DICTOMETER

GANCHO (Spanish for "hook")

(hook, hake, knagg, krok)

1. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • a catch for locking a door
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   • Crotchet
   Definitions:
   • a sharp curve or crook
   • a shape resembling a hook
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Bait
   • Come-on
   • Hook
   • Lure
   • Sweetener
   Definitions:
   • anything that serves as an enticement
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   • Claw
   Definitions:
   • a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   • Draw
   • Hooking
   Definitions:
   • a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
   Examples:
   • He took lessons to cure his hooking
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Hook shot
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • fasten with a hook
   Antonyms:
   unhook
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Overcharge
   • Soak
   • Surcharge
   • Gazump
   • Fleece
   • Plume
   • Pluck
   • Rob
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • rip off
   • ask an unreasonable price
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Crochet
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
   Examples:
   • She sat there crocheting all day
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   • Snitch
   • Thieve
   • Cop
   • Knock off
   • Glom
   Definitions:
   • take by theft
   Examples:
   • Someone snitched my wallet!
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Pilfer
   • Cabbage
   • Purloin
   • Pinch
   • Abstract
   • Snarf
   • Swipe
   • Hook
   • Sneak
   • Filch
   • Nobble
   • Lift
   Definitions:
   • make off with belongings of others
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • hit with a hook
   Examples:
   • His opponent hooked him badly
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • catch with a hook
   Examples:
   • Hook a fish
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Addict
   • Hook
   Definitions:
   • to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Hook
    Definitions:
    • secure with the foot
    Examples:
    • Hook the ball
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Hook
    • Snare
    Definitions:
    • entice and trap
    Examples:
    • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Hook
    • Solicit
    • Accost
    Definitions:
    • approach with an offer of sexual favors
    Examples:
    • He was solicited by a prostitute
    • The young man was caught soliciting in the park