Associations to the word «Fishhook»

Wiktionary

FISHHOOK, noun. A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
FISHHOOK, noun. (slang) A jack (the playing card)

Dictionary definition

FISHHOOK, noun. A sharp barbed hook for catching fish.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky