hooked
hooked
Definition
hooked (ho̵okt)
adjective
- curved like a hook
- having a hook or hooks
- ☆ made with a hook a hooked rug
- ☆ Slang
- addicted as to the use of a drug: often with on
- preoccupied or obsessed with a person, fad, etc.: often with on
- Slang married
hooked
Synonyms
hooked
modif.
hooked
Usage Examples
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
Browse dictionary entries near hooked
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