Modifying Another Word

• instantly: The young Gabriele was instantly hooked - she examined everything from hair strands to spit, from yogurt to flour.

• truly: He was well and truly hooked on the steam scene.

• totally: I take pills for my epilepsy as well as these sleeping pills and I am totally hooked on them now.

• completely: Yet, Darling appears completely hooked to this agenda.

• once: Once hooked, users need heroin just to feel normal.

• so: I'm so hooked, I haven't even watched Buffy since I got it!

Preposition: on

• stuff: My only warning is don't get hooked on this stuff as your work ethic will probably become worse than ever!

• drug: Homer Simpson goes to pot Ananova reports that Homer Simpson gets hooked on drugs in the new series of The Simpsons.

• book: I became hooked on books through reading Enid Blyton, particularly the Famous Five series.

• game: But if you get hooked on the game, you'll soon find another reason to keep coming back: the people.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: Then, when he's got Brits hooked, he'll crack the USA and Europe.

• keep: In EastEnders her character Kathy - who wed Phil Mitchell, played by Steve McFadden - kept viewers hooked.

Modifies a noun

• beak: He has a sharp hooked beak, colored dark blue.

• nose: Victoria has an apparent hooked nose, caused by a weak die strike in the area of the eyeball.

• fish: A deep hooked fish is normally a dead fish!

• stick: Tudor Pole takes the hooked stick from the Herald.

• shot: Bar In the clubhouse bar you can sit back, relax and exchange tales of missed putts, and hooked shots.

• end: The hooked end avoids snagging once the wiring has been attached.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Why did Brian get hooked on the blues in the first place?

• become: You may just become hooked, like I am.