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Meanings of hooked in English

Addicted to a drug.

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Curved down like an eagle's beak.

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Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold);

Usage of hooked in English
1
An HD hooked up to a Time Capsule works fine, for example.
Wired
2
The lights work by generating energy from magnets hooked onto the spokes.
Wired
3
She could far more easily imagine him hooked on more challenging fare.
Bungalow 2
4
The water and electricity are hooked up so you should be set.
Death du Jour
5
The second she got it hooked up, I dialed Buzz Mercer's number.
Mortal Allies
6
Bullseye hooked his thumbs in his front pockets, evidence presented, case rested.
Rock and Ice Magazine
7
Believe me, a few days of not running and I was hooked.
The burglar who traded ted williams
8
Whether they got hooked on biltong and boerewors remains to be seen.
The South African
9
From the opening dialled-up funk salvo of Music: Response I was hooked.
The Irish Times
10
Then he began to pity the great fish that he had hooked.
The old man and the sea
11
The Germans hooked it, and the people came up from the cellars.
Pushed and the Return Push
12
Add a touch of Cold War moral clarity and we were hooked.
Wired
13
The tangled vines seemed to have particularly long thorns, and hooked besides.
Knife of dreams
14
He quickly became hooked: In theatre, I can do whatever I want.
The Guardian
15
Feasible or not, Dyhrenfurth had Hornbein hooked on the West Ridge idea.
Climbing Magazine
16
Before you knew it you were hooked on them, said James, 16.
BBC
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