hook

I [hʊk]

nome

1) (for clothing, picture) gancio m., uncino m.

hooks and eyes — sart. gancio con occhiello, allacciatura a gancio

2) pesc. amo m.

3) (on stick) manico m. ricurvo

4) tel.

to take the phone off the hook — staccare la cornetta

5) (in boxing) gancio m.

6) (in golf) tiro m. a gancio, tiro m. a uncino

7) AE (bend) curva f.

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to get sb. off the hook — tirare fuori dai guai qcn.

to let sb. off the hook — = salvare, scagionare qcn

II [hʊk]

verbo transitivo

1) (hang) agganciare (on, onto a)

2) (pull through) fare passare [string, finger, stick] (through attraverso, in)

3) pesc. prendere all'amo [fish]; colloq. scherz. fig. accalappiare [spouse]

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- hook on

- hook up

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[huk] 1. noun

1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) amo

2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) gancio

3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) gancio

2. verb

1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) prendere (all'amo)

2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) agganciare

3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) tiro a uncino

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- hooked

- by hook or by crook
- off the hook

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I [hʊk]

nome

1) (for clothing, picture) gancio m., uncino m.

hooks and eyes — sart. gancio con occhiello, allacciatura a gancio

2) pesc. amo m.

3) (on stick) manico m. ricurvo

4) tel.

to take the phone off the hook — staccare la cornetta

5) (in boxing) gancio m.

6) (in golf) tiro m. a gancio, tiro m. a uncino

7) AE (bend) curva f.

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to get sb. off the hook — tirare fuori dai guai qcn.

to let sb. off the hook — = salvare, scagionare qcn

II [hʊk]

verbo transitivo

1) (hang) agganciare (on, onto a)

2) (pull through) fare passare [string, finger, stick] (through attraverso, in)

3) pesc. prendere all'amo [fish]; colloq. scherz. fig. accalappiare [spouse]

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- hook on

- hook up