hooked

English

Etymology

From hook + -ed.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ho͝okt, IPA^(key): /hʊkt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊkt

Verb

hooked

1. simple past and past participle of hook

Adjective

hooked (comparative more hooked, superlative most hooked)

1. Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

   a hooked nose

2. Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.

   He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.

   You only have to try heroin once to become hooked.

Synonyms

• (resembling a hook): bent, crooked, curved
• (addicted): addicted

Derived terms

• hooked bracket
• hooked cross
• hooked e
• hookedness
• subhooked

Translations

having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook — see also curved,‎ aquiline

• Bulgarian: изкривен като кука (izkriven kato kuka)
• Catalan: ganxut
• Finnish: koukkumainen
• Galician: ganchudo (gl)
• German: hakenförmig (de)
• Greek: αγκιστροειδής (el) (agkistroeidís), αγκιστρωτός (el) (agkistrotós)
• Italian: uncinato, adunco (it), aquilino (it)
• Latin: hāmātus, obuncus
• Polish: haczykowaty (pl)
• Russian: крючкова́тый (ru) (krjučkovátyj)
• Spanish: ganchudo (es)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: چنكللو (çengelli)

addicted; unable to resist or cease doing — see also addicted,‎ obsessed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 入坑 (rùkēng)

• Finnish: koukussa (fi), riippuvainen (fi)
• French: accro (fr)
• German: süchtig (de)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: hekta

• Russian: зави́симый (ru) (zavísimyj)
• Spanish: enviciado [with con], ^{(please verify)} atrapado (es), enganchado [with a or con], vuelto​/​hecho adicto [with a]

Anagrams

• dehook