hook

HOOK noun

uk/hʊk/ us
B2 [ C ] a curved piece of metal or plastic used for hanging something on, or a similar object used for catching fish

крючок
His coat was hanging from a hook on the door. off the hook
If a telephone is off the hook , the part you speak into is not in its correct position, so the telephone will not ring.

быть снятым (о трубке телефона)
 a left/right hook
a hard hit with your left/right hand

хук слева/справа

Идиомыget/let sb off the hook
hook verb uk/hʊk/ us
[ T ] to fasten something with a hook , hang something on a hook , or catch something with a hook

застегивать, вешать, ловить что-либо на крючок
 be/get hook ed on sth
B2 to like or start to like doing something very much and want to do it all the time

быть помешанным на чем-либо
He's completely hook ed on computer games.
If you are hook ed on a drug, you cannot stop taking it.

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hook ed adjective
shaped like a hook

крючковатый
a hook ed nose Фразовые глаголы hook sth/sb up