Associations to the word «Hooklike»

Wiktionary

HOOKLIKE, adjective. Resembling a hook.

Dictionary definition

HOOKLIKE, adjective. Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold); "hooklike thorns";.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats