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'''Hook''' may refer to:
==Tools, hardware and fasteners==
* [[Cabin hook]], a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw, used on doors
* [[Fish hook]], a device used to catch fish
* [[Grappling hook]], a hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown and snagged on a target
* [[Lifting hook]], a device for grabbing and lifting loads
* [[Siege hook]], a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege
* Part of a [[hook-and-eye closure]], a clothing fastener
* Part of a [[hook-and-loop]] fastener, used in Velcro
==Media and entertainment==
* [[Hook (music)]], a catchy musical passage
* [[Hook (song)|"Hook" (song)]], a song by Blues Traveler
* [[Hook (film)|''Hook'' (film)]], a 1991 fantasy
** [[Hook (video game)|''Hook'' (video game)]], four video games based on the film
* [[Hook (Transformers)|Hook (''Transformers'')]], several characters in the ''Transformers'' universe
* [[Hook (company)]], a Japanese visual novel studio
* [[The Hook]], a classic urban legend
* [[The Hook (newspaper)|''The Hook'' (newspaper)]], a weekly Virginia newspaper
* [[Captain Hook]], a fictional villain from J. M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan''
* [[Get the hook]], a theatrical term
==Athletics==
* [[Hook (boxing)]], a boxing punch
* [[Hooking (ice hockey)]], a penalty
* [[Hook shot]], a type of shot in basketball
* [[Curveball]], a type of baseball pitch
* A method of [[Golf#Hitting_a_golf_ball|hitting a golf ball]]
==Language==
* [[Hook (rhetoric)]], a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener
* [[Hook (diacritic)]], a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet
* [[Narrative hook]], a literary technique
==Places==
* [[Hook, New Zealand]]
* [[Hook River]], New Zealand
* [[Hook of Holland]], the Netherlands
===United Kingdom===
* [[Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire]]
* [[Hook, Hart]], in north Hampshire
* [[Hook, London]]
* [[Hook, Pembrokeshire]]
* [[Hook, Wiltshire]]
* [[Hook-with-Warsash]], in south Hampshire
==Other meanings==
* [[Hooking]], a computer programming technique
* [[Telephone hook]], a cradle on which a telephone handset rests
* [[Prosthetic hook]], a crude hand prosthesis
* [[Bondage hook]], a device used in sexual bondage play
* [[Tailhook]], a device on an aircraft
* [[Abu Hamza al-Masri|Abu Hamza]], a Sunni Muslim leader known as "Hook" in the British tabloid press
* [[Mil Mi-6]], a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter
==See also==
* [[Hook (surname)]]
* [[Hooked (disambiguation)]]
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