Associations to the word «Hooked»

Wiktionary

HOOKED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of hook
HOOKED, adjective. Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
HOOKED, adjective. Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
HOOKED UP, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of hook up

Dictionary definition

HOOKED, adjective. Curved down like an eagle's beak.
HOOKED, adjective. Addicted to a drug.
HOOKED, adjective. Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns";.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats