hooking

hook-ing · verb_form

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Definitions

verb_form

  1. 1.

    Present participle of hook.

  2. 2.

    (Ice hockey, sports) A penalty for using the stick to impede another player.

  3. 3.

    The craft of making rugs by pulling loops of yarn through a mesh backing.

Related words

See also: hook, hooked, hooks
Synonyms: catching, fastening

Etymology

Present participle of hook, from Old English hōc. The ice hockey penalty sense developed in the late 19th century when the sport was formalized.