Hook

Technology

• Hooking
  Hooking
  In computer programming, the term hooking covers a range of techniques used to alter or augment the behavior of an operating system, of applications, or of other software components by intercepting function calls or messages or events passed between software components...
  
  , a computer programming technique
• Hook echo
  Hook echo
  The hook echo is one of the classical hallmarks of tornado-producing supercell thunderstorms as seen on a weather radar. The echo is produced by rain, hail, or even debris being wrapped around the supercell...
  
  , a feature visible on radar indicative of tornadic rotation in a thunderstorm
• Tailhook
  Tailhook
  A tailhook, also arresting hook or arrester hook, is a device attached to the empennage of some military fixed wing aircraft...
  
  , a device on an aircraft

Language

• Hook (rhetoric)
  Hook (rhetoric)
  A hook in rhetoric is a rhetorical device that gets the attention of the audience and makes them want to listen to the rest of the speech. Hooks can often be metaphors, playing on emotional appeal, and they can also be a series of intriguing questions, a statistic, a fact, or any other rhetorical...
  
  , a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener
• Hook (diacritic)
  Hook (diacritic)
  In typesetting, the hook is a diacritic mark placed on top of vowels in the Vietnamese alphabet. In shape it looks like a tiny question mark without the dot underneath. For example, a capital A with a hook is "Ả", and a lower case "u" with a hook is "ủ". It functions as a tone marker...
  
  , a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet
• Narrative hook
  Narrative hook
  A narrative hook is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he or she will keep on reading...
  
  , a literary technique

Media and entertainment

• Hook (music)
  Hook (music)
  A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance music, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often...
  
  , a catchy musical passage
• The Hook (band), a psychedelic band in the late 60s
• "Hook" (song)
  Hook (song)
  "Hook" is a song by jam band Blues Traveler, from their 1994 album Four. The song peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song's title refers to a hook in music terminology: the catchy element or phrase of a song which makes it distinctive and memorable...
  
  , a song by Blues Traveler
• The Hook (album)
  The Hook (album)
  The Hook is the third studio album by guitarist Jukka Tolonen, released in 1972 through Love Records. Both this and Tolonen's fourth album, Hysterica , were reissued together as a remastered compilation album in 1994 through Siboney Records....
  
  , an album by Jukka Tolonen
• Hook (film)
  Hook (film)
  Hook is a 1991 American fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, and features Maggie Smith, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo, Amber Scott, and Dante Basco. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing...
  
  , a 1991 fantasy continuation of J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy
  • Hook (video game)
    Hook (video game)
    Hook is the name of four distinct video games released in 1992, all based on the Steven Speilberg film of the same name.-Hook by Irem:...
    
    , four video games based on the film
• The Hook (film), several films
• Hook (Transformers), several characters in the Transformers universe
• Hooksoft, a Japanese visual novel studio
• The Hook
  The Hook
  The Hook is a classic example of an urban legend. The basic premise involves a young couple parked at a dark lovers' lane. The radio plays music as the couple make out. The music is interrupted by an announcer who reports that a serial killer has just escaped an institution which is nearby. The...
  
  , a classic urban legend
• The Hook (newspaper), a weekly Virginia newspaper
• Captain Hook
  Captain Hook
  Captain James Hook is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations. The character is a villainous pirate captain of the Jolly Roger brig, and lord of the pirate village/harbour in Neverland, where he is widely feared. Most...
  
  , a fictional pirate in J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy

Places

• Hook Lighthouse
  Hook Lighthouse
  The Hook Lighthouse is a building situated at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world, and the oldest operating lighthouse in the British Isles...
  
  , Ireland
• Hook, New Zealand
  Hook, New Zealand
  Hook is a lightly populated locality in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated on coastal plains by the Pacific Ocean and Wainono Lagoon. Hook River flows through Hook into the Wainono Lagoon...
  
  
• Hook River
  Hook River
  Hook River is a natural watercourse in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. The river flows east from its source to the Wainono Lagoon, a fresh water lake beside the Pacific Ocean. On the way, it passes through the localities of Waiariari and Hook and is crossed by State...
  
  , New Zealand
• Hook of Holland, the Netherlands

United Kingdom

• Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Hook is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Goole town centre and lies on the west bank of the River Ouse.According to the 2001 UK census, Hook parish had a population of 1,141....
  
  
• Hook, Hart, north Hampshire
• Hook, Fareham
  Hook, Fareham
  Hook is a village in the district of Fareham, in south Hampshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Hook-with-Warsash....
  
  , south Hampshire
• Hook, London
  Hook, London
  Hook is a place in south west London, England. It forms part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is located 13.5 miles south west of Charing Cross....
  
  
• Hook, Pembrokeshire
  Hook, Pembrokeshire
  Hook is a medium-sized village and community on the Western Cleddau, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was part of the community of Llangwm. The population of the community was 656 in 2001. Together with the communities of Freystrop and Llangwm, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Llangwm.It is a...
  
  
• Hook, Wiltshire
  Hook, Wiltshire
  Hook is a small village in England between the town of Royal Wootton Bassett and the village of Purton, just north of the M4 motorway.The village is linked to the large town of Swindon by a congested single-track road that's often used as a 'rat-run' by rush-hour commuters....
  
  

Sports

• Hook (boxing)
  Hook (boxing)
  A hook is a punch in boxing. It is performed by turning the core muscles and back, thereby swinging the arm, which is bent at an angle near or at 90 degrees, in a horizontal arc into the opponent...
  
  , a boxing punch
• Hook (bowling)
  Hook (bowling)
  A hook in ten-pin bowling is a ball that rolls in a curving pattern The purpose of the hook is to give the ball a better angle at the 1-3 pocket or 1-2 pocket When a ball is rolled straight, hitting the pocket must be precise...
  
  , a curving ball
• Hooking (ice hockey), a penalty
• Hook shot
  Hook shot
  A hook shot, in basketball, is a play in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Unlike the jump shot, it is shot with only one hand; the other...
  
  , a type of shot in basketball
• Hook shot, a type of misplayed shot in golf stroke mechanics
• Curveball
  Curveball
  The curveball is a type of pitch in baseball thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball causing it to dive in a downward path as it approaches the plate. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve. The "curve" of the ball varies from pitcher to...
  
  , a type of baseball pitch

Tools, hardware, and fasteners

• Cabin hook, a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw, used on doors
• Cargo hook
• Fish hook
  Fish hook
  A fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks have been employed for centuries by fishermen to catch fresh and saltwater fish. In 2005, the fish hook was chosen by Forbes as one of the top twenty tools...
  
  , a device used to catch fish
• Flesh-hook
  Flesh-hook
  thumb|270px|The [[Dunaverney flesh-hook]]Flesh-hook is a term for a variety of archaeological artefacts which have metal hooks and a long handle, or socket for a lost wooden handle. Though the term may be applied to objects from other times and places, it is especially associated with the European...
  
  , a device used in cooking meat
• Grappling hook
  Grappling hook
  A grappling hook is an anchor with multiple hooks , attached to a rope; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold. Generally, grappling hooks are used to temporarily secure one end of a rope. They may also be used to dredge...
  
  , a hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown and snagged on a target
• Hook-and-eye closure
  Hook-and-eye closure
  A hook-and-eye closure is a very simple and secure method of fastening garments together. It consists of a metal hook, commonly made of flattened wire bent to the required shape, and a eye of the same material into which the hook fits....
  
  , a clothing fastener
• Hook-and-loop fastener, used in Velcro
  Velcro
  Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook-and-loop fastener, invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral...
  
  
• Lifting hook
  Lifting hook
  A lifting hook is a device for grabbing and lifting loads by means of a device such as a hoist or crane. A lifting hook is usually equipped with a safety latch to prevent the disengagement of the lifting wire rope sling, chain or rope to which the load is attached.A hook may have one or more...
  
  , a device for grabbing and lifting loads
• Purse hook
  Purse hook
  A purse hook A purse hook A purse hook (also known as a handbag hook or handbag hanger is a type of hook meant to temporarily secure a purse or handbag to a table, sink or armrest. Such hooks have been available since the 1920s. Queen Elizabeth II is said to employ an S-shaped one to hang her...
  
  , a hook use to keep a woman's purse from touching the floor
• Shepherd
  Shepherd
  A shepherd is a person who tends, feeds or guards flocks of sheep.- Origins :Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations, beginning some 6,000 years ago in Asia Minor. Sheep were kept for their milk, meat and especially their wool...
  
  's hook (or crook), a staff used in herding sheep or other animals
• Siege hook
  Siege hook
  A siege hook is a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege.The Greek historian Polybius, in his Histories, mentions the use of such weapons at the Roman siege of Ambracia:...
  
  , a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege

Other

• Battle of the Hook
  Battle of the Hook
  The third Battle of the Hook was a battle of the Korean War that took place between a United Nations force, consisting mostly of British troops, supported on their flanks by American and Turkish artillery units against a predominantly Chinese force...
  
  , Korean war
• Telephone hook
  Telephone hook
  A telephone hook or switchhook is the cradle where a telephone handset resides. It takes its name from old wooden wall telephones and candlestick telephones, where the mouthpiece to be mounted on the telephone box and, due to sidetone considerations, the receiver was separate, on a cable...
  
  , a cradle on which a telephone handset rests
• Prosthetic hook or transradial prosthesis, part of a prosthetic arm for amputees
• Bondage hook, a device used in sexual bondage play
• Abu Hamza al-Masri
  Abu Hamza al-Masri
  Abu Hamza al-Masri is an Egyptian Sunni activist known for his preaching of a violent and politicised interpretation of Islam, also known as militant Islamism or jihadism...
  
  , a Sunni Muslim leader known as "Hook" in the British tabloid press
• Mil Mi-6
  Mil Mi-6
  |-Facts:*Test pilot N.B. Leshin has set the world record of speed. This event was awarded by the American Helicopter Society.*Small numbers are still in service, most in Siberia plus a small number with the People's Republic of China...
  
  , a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter nicknamed "Hook"

See also

• Hook (surname)
  Hook (surname)
  Hook is a surname, and may refer* Alfred Henry Hook,, English recipient of the Victoria Cross* Frank Eugene Hook, U.S. state of Michigan politician* Geoff "Jeff" Hook, , Australian cartoonist...
  
  
• Hooke (disambiguation)
• Hooked (disambiguation)
  Hooked (disambiguation)
  -Music:* Hooked , 1991* Hooked , 2010* Hooked, an album by Vanilla Ice* Hooked, an album by Voice Male* "Hooked", a song by Mary J...
  
  
• Hooks (disambiguation)