hooker: Meaning and Definition of
hook•er
Pronunciation: (hook'ur), [key] — n.
- a person or thing that hooks.
- prostitute.
- a large drink of liquor.
- a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch.
- a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage.
- (cap.)an Amish Mennonite.
hook•er
Pronunciation: (hook'ur), [key] — n. Naut.
- any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel.
- any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets.
Hook•er
Pronunciation: (hook'ur), [key] — n.
- 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- 1554?–1600, English author and clergyman.
- 1586?–1647, English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut.
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