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hooks - definition and meaning
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noun hook .verb hook .
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The best thing about these hooks is that they work.
Hack College: How To Keep Your Dorm Room Organized Hack College 2010
"Lynne Griffin hooks her readers on page one ... able to delve into family issues and womens lives with such fearless insight ... readers will be demanding more of this new perspective in fiction."
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Yes | No | Report from stick500 wrote 7 weeks 7 hours ago from what I understand about circle hooks is that they are also good for having the fish hook themselves, right?
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The basic function of wall hooks is to keep coats neat and tidy when you are not wearing them.
Arrow Coat Hook 2010
Missy and Lauryn they aren't the only ones: Queen Latifah sang her hooks from the start.
fourfour: 2009
Yes | No | Report from stick500 wrote 7 weeks 7 hours ago from what I understand about circle hooks is that they are also good for having the fish hook themselves, right?
Circle Hook Debate Revisited 2009
Yes | No | Report from stick500 wrote 7 weeks 7 hours ago from what I understand about circle hooks is that they are also good for having the fish hook themselves, right?
Circle Hook Debate Revisited 2009
The best thing about these hooks is that they work.
Hack College: How To Keep Your Dorm Room Organized Hack College 2010
Yes | No | Report from stick500 wrote 7 weeks 7 hours ago from what I understand about circle hooks is that they are also good for having the fish hook themselves, right?
Circle Hook Debate Revisited 2009
Her shower curtain hooks are bright yellow duckies, which I gave her.
Dear Clusterflock | clusterflock 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word hooks
In Scrabble, hooks are letters added to the front or back of a word in order to create a new word. For example, if the word za has been played, you could add a P as a back hook to make zap.
January 6, 2010