Hooked
/hʊkt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of hook form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
"a hooked nose"
- 2 Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
"He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies."
Adjective
- 1 addicted to a drug wordnet
- 2 curved down like an eagle's beak wordnet
- 3 having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold) wordnet
Example
More examples"He got hooked on drugs at a young age."
Etymology
From hook + -ed.