Contents 1 Tools, hardware and fasteners 2 Media and entertainment 3 Athletics 4 Language 5 Places 5.1 United Kingdom 6 Other meanings 7 See also

Hook may refer to:

Tools, hardware and fasteners

• Cabin hook, a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw, used on doors
• Fish hook, a device used to catch fish
• Grappling hook, a hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown and snagged on a target
• Lifting hook, a device for grabbing and lifting loads
• Siege hook, a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege
• Part of a hook-and-eye closure, a clothing fastener
• Part of a hook-and-loop fastener, used in Velcro

Media and entertainment

• Hook (music), a catchy musical passage
• "Hook" (song), a song by Blues Traveler
• Hook (film), a 1991 drama
  • Hook (video game), four video games based on the film
• Hook (Transformers), several characters in the Transformers universe
• Hook (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
• The Hook, a classic urban legend
• The Hook (newspaper), a weekly Virginia newspaper
• Captain Hook, a fictional villain from J. A cabin hook is a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw The bar is usually attached permanently to a ring or staple which is fixed with screws or nails to woodwork or a wall at the A fish hook is a device for catching Fish either by impaling them in the mouth or more rarely by snagging the body of the fish In Grappling or Wrestling the term hook refers to an arm or leg position designed to help control an opponent A lifting hook is a device for grabbing and lifting loads by means of a device such as a hoist or crane. A siege hook is a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a Siege. A hook-and-eye closure is a Clothing fastener that consists of two parts each sewn to their respective pieces of cloth one with a small protruding blunt hook and the other Velcro is a brand name of fabric hook-and-loop fasteners. It consists of two layers a "hook" side which is a piece of Fabric covered with tiny hooks A hook is a Musical idea, often a short Riff, passage or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a Song appealing and to "catch the "Hook" is a song by Jam band Blues Traveler, from their 1994 album Four. See also Hook (video game Hook is a 1991 family Fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. Hook is the name of four unrelated Video games released in 1992 that were based on the film of the same name. Hook is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. Hook is a a Japanese Visual novel studio known for creating adult -oriented Bishōjo games Hook is partnered with two sister brands The Jolly "The Hook" is also a nickname for the Islamic preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri. The Hook is a weekly Newspaper published in Charlottesville Virginia and distributed throughout Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley "Captain Hook" is also a nickname for former baseball manager Sparky Anderson. M. Barrie's Peter Pan
• Get the hook, a theatrical term

Athletics

• Hook (boxing), a boxing punch
• Hooking (ice hockey), a penalty
• Hook shot, a type of shot in basketball
• Curveball, a type of baseball pitch
• A method of hitting a golf ball

Language

• Hook (rhetoric), a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener
• Hook (diacritic), a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet
• Narrative hook, a literary technique

Places

• Hook, New Zealand
• Hook River, New Zealand
• Hook of Holland, the Netherlands

United Kingdom

• Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Hook, Hart, in north Hampshire
• Hook, London
• Hook, Pembrokeshire
• Hook, Wiltshire
• Hook-with-Warsash, in south Hampshire

Other meanings

• Hooking, a computer programming technique
• Telephone hook, a cradle on which a telephone handset rests
• Prosthetic hook, a crude hand prosthesis
• Bondage hook, a device used in sexual bondage play
• Tailhook, a device on an aircraft
• Abu Hamza, a Sunni Muslim leader known as "Hook" in the British tabloid press
• Mil Mi-6, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter

See also

• Hook (surname)
• Hooked (disambiguation)

To get the hook is a theater saying for removing someone from the stage A hook is a punch in Boxing. It is performed by turning the core muscles and back thereby swinging the arm which is bent at an angle near or at 90 degrees Hooking in Ice hockey is a penalty called when an offending player uses their hockey stick to prevent another player from moving freely A hook shot, in Basketball, is a play in which the offensive player usually turned perpendicular to the basket gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm The curveball is a breaking pitch in Baseball thrown with a grip and hand movement that imparts down and/or sideways spin to the ball. A hook in Rhetoric is a Rhetorical device that gets the attention of the audience and makes them want to listen to the rest of the speech See also Horn (diacritic Ɓ ɓ Ƈ ƈ Ɗ ɗ Ɠ ɠ A narrative hook (or hook is a Literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he or she will keep reading on Hook is a lightly populated locality in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand 's South Island. Hook River is a natural watercourse in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand 's South Island. The Hook of Holland ( Dutch: Hoek van Holland - literally "Corner of Holland" also known in English as the Hook, is a town in Hook is a village and Civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hook is a large village within the Hart district of northern Hampshire, England. Hook is a place in south west London, England. It forms part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is located 13 Hook is a medium-sized village and community on the Western Cleddau, Pembrokeshire, Wales. A small village in England between the town of Wootton Bassett and the village of Purton, just north of the M4 motorway. Warsash is a Village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the the area known as Locks For the slang term meaning female prostitution see Prostitution. A telephone hook or switchhook is the cradle where a Telephone handset resides There are two main types of functional prosthetic arms available for below-the-elbow amputees Cable-operated prostheses are typically supported by a harness A bondage hook is a blunt-headed hook used for bondage purposes A tailhook, also arresting hook or arrestor hook, is a device attached to the Empennage (rear of an Aircraft. Abu Hamza al-Masri (أبو حمزة المصري Abū Ḥamzah al-Maṣriy) (born 15 April 1958 is a Sunni Muslim who lives in the United Kingdom WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Hook is a surname and may refer Alfred Henry Hook,(1850–1905 English recipient of the Victoria Cross Frank Eugene Hook, (1893-1982

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