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(noun) a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent |
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Related Words: biff, lick, poke, punch, roundhouse |
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(noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer |
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Synonyms: draw |
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Related Words: golf shot, golf stroke, swing |
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(verb) fasten with a hook |
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Related Words: fasten, fix, secure |
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Antonyms: unhook |
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(verb) catch with a hook; "hook a fish" |
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Related Words: catch, grab, take hold of |
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(verb) hit with a hock; in boxing |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) in golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" |
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Synonyms: cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve |
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Related Words: steal |
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(noun) a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
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Related Words: boat hook, buttonhook, crotchet, fishhook, gaff, gig, implement |
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(noun) a device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
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Synonyms: claw |
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Related Words: anchor, ground tackle, mechanical device, pothook, tenterhook |
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(noun) a catch for locking a door |
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Related Words: catch |
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(noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook |
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Synonyms: crotchet |
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Related Words: curve, curved shape |
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(noun) a shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
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Synonyms: hook shot |
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Related Words: basketball shot |
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(verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp. a narcotic drug) |
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Synonyms: addict |
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Related Words: accustom, habituate |
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(verb) interlock |
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Synonyms: crochet |
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Related Words: intertwine, loop |
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(noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
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Synonyms: hand, manus, mauler, mitt, paw |
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Related Words: clenched fist, extremity, fist, left, left hand, right, right hand |
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(noun) anything that serves as an enticement |
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Synonyms: bait, come-on, lure, sweetener |
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Related Words: enticement, temptation |
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(verb) make off with belongings of others |
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Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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Related Words: steal |
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(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
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Synonyms: fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
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Related Words: beat, cheat, extort, gouge, rack, rip off, sell short, wring |
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