(idiomatic) Relieved of a duty, burden, responsibility, or pressure.

Of a telephone, having an open connection; not hung up. / Of a telephone, ringing frequently.

(idiomatic, informal, sports) Performing extraordinarily well. / (idiomatic, informal, slang) Fresh, cool, trendy, excellent.

(idiomatic) By any means possible; one way or another.

A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it.

A (generally barbed) sharp curved implement used to catch fish using a line.

(transitive) To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires. / (transitive) To connect to something like a power supply or a signal source.

(physics) the principle that the stress applied to a solid is directly proportional to the strain produced. This law describes the behavior of springs and solids stressed within their elastic limit.

a two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs. / (slang, usu. plural) One's hands or arms.

(fishing) A fishhook where three hooks share a single shank, each point separated by 120º.