adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of hook form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

   "a hooked nose"

2. 2
   Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.

   "He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies."

Adjective

1. 1
   addicted to a drug wordnet
2. 2
   curved down like an eagle's beak wordnet
3. 3
   having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

addictedaquilinebenthooklikeabsorbed inaddict

Example

More examples

"He got hooked on drugs at a young age."

Etymology

From hook + -ed.

Related phrases

hooked bracket

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