hooked
pronunciation
How to pronounce hooked in British English:
UK [hʊkt]
How to pronounce hooked in American English:
US [hʊkt]
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- Adjective:
- curved down like an eagle's beak
- addicted to a drug
Word Origin
- hooked (adj.)
- Old English hoced, "shaped like a hook, crooked, curved;" past participle adj. from hook (v.). From mid-14c. as "having hooks;" 1610s as "caught on a hook;" 1925 as "addicted," originally in reference to narcotics. hooked rug is recorded from 1880.
Example
- 1. Find something that has you really hooked .
- 2. I am hooked on collecting clocks .
- 3. Regular consumers tend to need increasingly large doses and can get hooked .
- 4. If you 're hooked by friday , it will be because you 've found the daily newspaper to your taste .
- 5. She 's really hooked on me .