Hook 217926 225695387 2008-07-14T23:10:15Z Kam Solusar 169389 fixed interwiki de, fr, sv; removed interwiki uk, da, nl {{wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} '''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)]] {{disambig}} [[de:Hook]] [[fr:Hook]] [[simple:Hook]] [[sv:Hook]]