English Dictionary

hooker

/ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/

noun

One who, or that which, hooks. / A small fishing boat. / (nautical, slang, derogatory) Any antiquated craft. / (rugby) A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.

The hooker scored a goal in the soccer match.

意味（1）

One who, or that which, hooks.

意味（2）

A small fishing boat.

In England there are Brighton Beach boats, Centre-board sloops, Pollywogs, Lough Erne yachts, Unas, New Brighton sailing-boats, yachts of the Norfolk Broads, Itchen, Clyde sailing and Keystone boats, Penzance luggers, Cobbles, Galways, Hookers and Pookhauns […]

意味（3）

(nautical, slang, derogatory) Any antiquated craft.

[T]he poor Flash is gone, and there is an end of it. Poor old hooker. Hey, Almayer? You made a voyage or two with me. Wasn’t she a sweet craft?

意味（4）

(rugby) A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.

Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.

意味（5）

(cricket) A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.

I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg.

意味（6）

A crocheter.

意味（7）

(informal, dated) Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”)

We regard the first seven seconds of a television commercial as the most critical or crucial in the whole unit — the Do or Die Seven — the moment of decision or the hooker, if you will, when we must capture the attention of the viewer, get him involved in the action, […]

意味（8）

(archaic, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.

They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people.