hooker

hook-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Rugby) A player in the front row of a scrum whose role is to hook the ball back with their foot.

  2. 2.

    (Slang, vulgar) A prostitute.

  3. 3.

    A fishing boat, especially a traditional Irish fishing vessel.

  4. 4.

    A person or thing that hooks.

Forms

plural: hookers

Related words

See also: hook, prostitute, rugby
Synonyms: prostitute

Etymology

From hook + -er (agent suffix). The rugby term refers to the action of hooking the ball. The slang sense for prostitute originated in 19th-century American English, possibly from the Corlear's Hook area of Manhattan or from the notion of "hooking" clients.